Versos English James Miller August, 1822

English poem

August, 1822

by (1860–1947)

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Sweet, Sir, for your courtesie, When ye come by the Bass, then; For the love ye bear to me, Buy me a keeking glass, then.—OLD BALLAD. Come, list the pibroch’s martial strain, That ca’s the clans to Lothian’s plain; For Scotland’s got her king again, She welcomes royal Geordie!