BirthdayOdeFor31stDecember,1787

birthdayodefor31stdecember,1787注释标题thelastbirthdayofprincecharlesedward.

afartheillustriousexileroams,

whomkingdomsonthisdayshouldhail;

aninmateinthecasualshed,

ontransientpity'sbountyfed,

hauntedbybusymemory'sbittertale!

beastsoftheforesthavetheirsavagehomes,

buthe,whoshouldimperialpurplewear,

ownsnotthelapofearthwhererestshisroyalhead!

hiswretchedrefuge,darkdespair,

whileraveningwrongsandwoespursue,

anddistantfarthefaithfulfew

whowouldhissorrowsshare.

falseflatterer,hope,away!

northinktolureusasindaysofyore:

wesolemnizethissorrowingnatalday,

toproveourloyaltruth—wecannomore,

andowningheaven'smysterioussway,

submissive,lowadore.

yehonored,mightydead,

whonoblyperishedinthegloriouscause,

yourking,yourcountry,andherlaws,

fromgreatdundee,whosmilingvictoryled,

andfellamartyrinherarms,

(whatbreastofnorthernicebutwarms!)

toboldbalmerino'sundyingname,

whosesouloffire,lightedatheaven'shighflame,

deservestheproudestwreathdepartedheroesclaim:

norunrevengedyourfateshalllie,

itonlylags,thefatalhour,

yourbloodshall,withincessantcry,

awakeatlast,th'unsparingpower;

asfromthecliff,withthunderingcourse,

thesnowyruinsmokesalong

withdoublingspeedandgatheringforce,

tilldeepit,crushing,whelmsthecottageinthevale;

sovengeance'arm,ensanguin'd,strong,

shallwithresistlessmightassail,

usurpingbrunswick'sprideshalllay,

andstewart'swrongsandyours,withtenfoldweightrepay.

perdition,balefulchildofnight!

riseandrevengetheinjuredright

ofstewart'sroyalrace:

leadontheunmuzzledhoundsofhell,

tillallthefrightedechoestell

theblood-notesofthechase!

fullonthequarrypointtheirview,

fullonthebaseusurpingcrew,

thetoolsoffaction,andthenation'scurse!

harkhowthecrygrowsonthewind;