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Nor Clyde's whole course an ampler prospect yields,Of spacious plains, and well improven fields;Which, here, the gently rising hills surround,And, there, the cloud-supporting mountains bound;Now fields with stately dwellings thronger charged,And populous cities, by their trade enlarged. 380Here youthful Shaws, by vigorous industry,Aspires in fame with ancient towns to vie;Fair Paisley imitates, who justly boastsHer manufactures, famed on foreign coasts:For fine invention o'er the work presides,And neat dexterity the shuttle guides. By Crookstone Castle waves the still-green yew,The first that met the royal Mary's view,When, bright in charms, the youthful princess ledThe graceful Darnley to her throne and bed: 390Embossed in silver, now, its branches greenTranscend the myrtle of the Paphian queen. But dark Langside, from Crookstone viewed afar,Still seems to range in pomp the rebel war.Here, when the moon rides dimly through the sky,The peasant sees broad dancing standards fly,And one bright female form, with sword and crown,Still grieves to view her banners beaten down.
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