A Century of Parody and Imitation

by Unknown

(SCOTT)

The Scot, to rival realms a mighty bar,

Here fixed his mountain home: a wide domain,

And rich the soil, had purple heath been grain;

But what the niggard ground of wealth denied,

From fields more blest his fearless arm supplied.

Leyden.

The Scotts, Kerrs, and Murrays, and Deloraines all,

The Hughies o' Hawdon, and Wills-o'-the-Wall,

The Willimondswicks, and the hard-riding Dicks,