ExtemporeOnSomeCommemorationsOfThomson

extemporeonsomecommemorationsofthomson

dostthounotrise,indignantshade,

andsmilewi'spurningscorn,

whentheywhawadhaestarvedthylife,

thysenselessturfadorn?

helpless,alane,thouclambthebrae,

wi'meiklehonesttoil,

andclaughtth'unfadinggarlandthere—

thysair-worn,rightfulspoil.

andwearitthou!andcallaloud

thisaxiomundoubted—

wouldthouhaenobles'patronage?

firstlearntolivewithoutit!

towhomhaemuch,moreshallbegiven,

iseverygreatman'sfaith;

buthe,thehelpless,needfulwretch,

shalllosethemitehehath.