CATALOGUE
OF THE
SCOTTISH POETS,
FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD.
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Sages and chiefs long since had birth, Ere Cæsar was, or Newton nam'd; These rais'd new empires o'er the earth,— And those, new heav'ns and systems fram'd; Vain was the chiefs', the sages' pride! They had no poet, and they died. In vain they schem'd, in vain they bled! They had no poet, and are dead. A. Pope. |
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NEW YORK:
WILLIAM GOWANS.