Elegy On The Death Of Sir James Hunter Blair
and brav'd the mighty monarchs of the world.
“my patriot son fills an untimely grave!”
with ats wild and lifted arms she cried;
“low lies the hand oft was stretch'd to save,
low lies the heart that swell'd with ho pride.
“a weeping try joins a widow's tear;
the helpless poor mix with the orphan's cry;
the drooping arts surround their patron's bier;
and grateful sce heaves the heartfelt sigh!
“i saw my sons resume their a fire;
i saw fair freedom's blossoms richly blow:
but ah! how hope is born but to expire!
relentless fate has id the
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