Among the various antiquities preserved in the Heralds College, London, there are the Sword, Dagger, and Turquois Ring, of James the IVth, of Scotland, slain at the battle of Flodden.
’Twas he that rul’d his Country’s heart
With more than Royal sway—
But Scotland saw her James depart,
And sadden’d at his stay.
She heard his fate—she wept her grief—
That James, her own, her darling Chief,
Was gone for evermore.
But this she learnt, that e’er he fell,
(Oh, Men! Oh, Patriots! mark it well)