AddressToWm.Tytler,Esq.,OfWoodhouselee

addresstowm.tytler,esq.,ofwoodhouselee

withanimpressionoftheauthor'sportrait.

revereddefenderofbeauteousstuart,

ofstuart,anameoncerespected;

aname,whichtolovewasthemarkofatrueheart,

butnow'tisdespis'dandneglected.

tho'somethinglikemoistureconglobesinmyeye,

letnoonemisdeemmedisloyal;

apoorfriendlesswand'rermaywellclaimasigh,

stillmoreifthatwand'rerwereroyal.

myfathersthatnamehaverever'donathrone:

myfathershavefallentorightit;

thosefatherswouldspurntheirdegenerateson,

thatnameshouldhescoffinglyslightit.

stillinprayersforkinggeorgeimostheartilyjoin,

thequeen,andtherestofthegentry:

betheywise,betheyfoolish,isnothingofmine;

theirtitle'savow'dbymycountry.

butwhyofthatepochamakesuchafuss,

thatgaveusth'electoralstem?

ifbringingthemoverwasluckyforus,

i'msure'twasasluckyforthem.

but,loyalty,truce!we'reondangerousground;

whoknowshowthefashionsmayalter?

thedoctrine,to-day,thatisloyaltysound,

to-morrowmaybringusahalter!

isendyouatrifle,aheadofabard,

atriflescarceworthyyourcare;

butacceptit,goodsir,asamarkofregard,

sincereasasaint'sdyingprayer.

nowlife'schillyeveningdimshadesonyoureye,

andushersthelongdrearynight:

butyou,likethestarthatathwartgildsthesky,

yourcoursetothelatestisbright.