Elegy On The Death Of Sir James Hunter Blair
their locks,
and shootieors caught the startled eye.
the paly moon rose in the livid east.
and 'mong the cliffs disclos'd a stately form
in weeds of woe, that frantic beat her breast,
and mix'd her wailings with the raving storm
wild to my heart the filial pulses glow,
'twas caledonia's trophied shield i view'd:
her form majestic droop'd in pensive woe,
the lightning of her eye in tears imbued.
revers'd that spear, redoubtable in war,
reed that banner, erst in fields unfurl'd,
that like a deathful meteleam'd afar,
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