Defend on the Banks of the Tyne.
The man let me freely explain,
Who would as a senator shine,
’Tis Theron, who holds his domain
Enclos’d by the Banks of the Tyne.
The following Ode, addressed to Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. was wrote by the Author, on the very Day that the Building of Hexham Bridge was undertaken.
BY JAMES WILSON.
Ye sacred nine descend,
Aid to my muse O lend,