Page:Scotish Descriptive Poems - Leyden (1803).djvu/80
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
68
CLYDE;
For, lest dull want and anxious penuryShould damp the dawning lustre of their eye; Wither the roses which begin to blow,Or tinge with fallow hue their native snow;She reared her orphan charge with tender art, 740And, like a parent, soothed each lonely heart. As by the moisture nurst which Clyde supplies,The mighty oak springs to gigantic size;Proudly erects his wide spread head on high,While his long arms invest the distant sky;So eminent this princely stock is found,Extending prosperous branches wide around.From Leicester's race descends the lofty line,A generous breed, in battle doomed to shine;The chief that spurned a minion's rank abuse, 750And joined the fortunes of the warrior Bruce:Faithful to Scotish kings the race has stood,While circles in their veins their sovereign's blood.Hence bold Bargenny and Belhaven rose;Hence, Haddington, thy noble lineage flows;Hence sprung rich Abercorn, a mighty peer,And Selkirk, ever to the muses dear. Yet most the name adorns their native Clyde,Where frequent shine their domes on every side;