Scots Prologue For Mr. Sutherland
e in a' her glory.—
is there n bard will rise and tell
how glorious walce stood, holess fell?
where are the muses fled that could produce
a drama worthy o' the name o' bruce?
how here, even here, he first uh'd the sword
'gainst mighty engnd and her guilty lord;
and after mony a bloody, deathless doing,
wrench'd his dear try from the jaws of ruin!
o for a shakespeare, or an otway se,
to draw the lovely, hapless scottish queen!
vain all th' omnipotence of female charms
'gainst headlong, ruthless, mad rebellion's arms:
sh
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