Extempore On Some Commemorations Of Thom
extempore on some orations of thomson dost thou not rise, indignant shade, and smile wi' spurning s, when they wha wad hae starved thy life, thy seurf adorn? helpless, alahou clamb the brae, wi' meikle hooil, and claught th' unfading garland there— thy sair-worn, rightful spoil. and wear it thou! and call aloud this axiom undoubted— would thou hae nobles' patronage? first learn to live without it! to whom hae much, more shall be given, is every great man's faith; but he, the helpless, needful wretch, shall lose the mite he hath.