He's gane, he's gane! he's frae us torn, Thee, Matthew, Nature's self shall mourn, Where, haply, Pity strays forlorn, Ye hills, near neebors o' the starns, Come, join, ye Nature's sturdiest bairns, Mourn ilka grove the cushat kens! Or foaming strang, wi' hasty stens, Mourn, little harebells o'er the lee; Ye roses on your thorny tree, At dawn, when ev'ry glassy blade At ev'n, when beans their fragrance shed Ye maukins whiddin thro' the glade, Come, join my wail. Mourn, ye wee songsters o' the wood; Ye whistling plover; And mourn, ye whirring paitrick br Mourn, sooty coots, and speckled to, Ye bitterns, till the quagmire reels, Mourn, clam'ring craiks, at close o' d Tell thae far warlds, wha lies in clay Ye houlets, frae your ivy bow'r, Wail thro' the dreary midnight heir, O rivers, forests, hills, and plains! And frae my een the drapping rains ་་་་ Mourn Spring, thou darling of the year, Thy gay, green, flow'ry tresses shear, Thou, Autumn, wi' thy yellow hair, Wide o'er the naked world declare Mourn him, thou Sun, great source of light For thro' your orbs he's taen his flight, O Henderson! the man! the brother! Like thee, where shall I find another, Go to your sculptur'd tombs, ye great, But by thy honest turf I'll wait, Thou man of worth! And weep the ae best fellow's fate اشد THE EPITAPH. STOP, passenger, my story's brief; If thou uncommon merit hast, Yet spurn'd at Fortune's door, man A look of pity hither cast, For Matthew was a poor man. If thou a nobler sodger art, That passest by this grave, man, There moulders here a gallant heart, For Matthew was a brave man. If thou on men, their works and ways, Canst throw uncommon light, man; Here lies wha weel had won thy praise, For Matthew was a bright man. If thou at friendship's sacred ca' If thou art staunch, without a stain, For Matthew was a true man. If thou hast wit, and fun, and fire, And ne'er guid wine did fear, man; If onie whiggish, whingin sot, ON A SCOTCH BARD, GONE TO THE WEST INDIES. A' YE wha live by soups o' drink, Come mourn wi' me! Lament him, a' ye rantin' core, For now he's taen anither shore, An' owre the sea. The bonie lasses weel may wiss him, |