When each his utmost strength had shown, A rood beyond the farthest mark ;- The gray-hair'd sires, who know the past, And moralize on the decay Of Scottish strength in modern day.1 XXIV. The vale with loud applauses rang, The old men mark'd, and shook the head To see his hair with silver spread, 1 MS.-Of mortal strength in modern day. 2 MS.-A purse weigh'd down with pieces broad MS.-Scatter'd the gold among the crowd. do its utmost strength had shown, Site Aufles rent an earth-fast stone A se dorp Lod, then heaved it high, Aut sent the fragment through the sky, beyond the farthest mark ; Al still in Stirling's royal park, The gray-hair'd sires, who know the past, Of Matlich strength in modern day.' XXIV. The vale with loud applauses rang, The old men mark'd, and shook the head To see his hair with silver spread, Of frater upon the English done, mortal strength in modern day. A purse melaled down with pieces broad Sattend the gold among the crowd. |