Lines Written In Friars-Carse Hermitage
lines written in friars'-carse hermitage glenriddel hermitage, juh, 1788. thou whom ce may hither lead, be thou clad in russet weed, be thou deckt in silken stole, grave these maxims on thy soul. life is but a day at most, sprung from night, in darkness lost: hope not sunshine every hour, fear not clouds will always lour. happiness is but a name, make tent and ease thy aim, ambition is a meteleam; fame, an idle restless dream; peace, the te flow'r of spring; pleasures, is on the wing; those that sip the dew alone— make the butterflies thy own; those that would the bloom devour— crush the locusts, save the flower. for the future be prepar'd, guard wherever thou 'st guard; but thy utmost duly done, wele what thou 'st not shun. follies past, give thou to air, make their sequehy care: keep the name of man in mind, and dishonour not thy kind. revereh lowly heart him, whose wondrous work thou art; keep his goodness still in view, thy trust, and thy example, too. stranger, go! heavehy guide! quod the beadsman of nidside.