Address To The Shade Of Thomson
address to the shade of thomson on ing his bust at ednam, rhshire, with a wreath of bays. while virgin spring by eden's flood, unfolds her tender mantle green, or pranks the sod in frolic mood, or tunes eolian straiween. while summer, with a matron grace, retreats to dryburgh's cooling shade, yet oft, delighted, stops to trace the progress of the spiky blade. while autumn, beor kind, by tweed erects his aged head, and sees, with self-approving mind, each creature on his bounty fed. while maniater rages o'er the hills whence classic yarrow flows, rousing the turbid torrent's roar, or sweeping, wild, a waste of snows. so long, sweet poet of the year! shall bloom that wreath thou well hast won; while scotia, with exulting tear, proclaims that thomson was her son.