address to the shade of thoon

on crowning his bust at edna roxburghshire, with a wreath of bays.

while virgin spring by eden's flood,

unfolds her tender ntle green,

or pranks the sod in frolic od,

or tunes eolian strains between.

while suer, with a tron grace,

retreats to dryburgh's cooling shade,

yet oft, delighted, stops to trace

the progress of the spiky de.

while autu, benefactor kind,