...palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp fa cumbrous load, O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long...prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire...

...of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined. O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent ! Long...prevent, From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent. BURNS. O Thou ! who poured the patriotic tide, That streamed through...

...of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! O Scotia! my dear, my native soil; For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent! Long may...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And, 0 ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! ' Tien, howe'er...

...of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! 0 Scotia! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns...

...provide ; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside. 0 Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ; Long...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, oh, may Heav'n their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns...

...of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness reilned ! O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent! Long may...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And, 0 ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile 1 Then, howe'er crowns...

...two concluding stanzas of the Cotter's Saturday Night: — " Oh, Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And oh may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns...

...wickedness refin'd! 0 Scotia I my dear, my native soil; For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sentl Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! A.nd, 0! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile! : Tien, howe'er crowns...

...that love of country which utters this fine supplication ! — O Scotia, my dear, my native soil, — For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, — Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blessed with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And O, may Heaven their simple lives prevent From...

...work of God." £-0 Photograph by W. R«d "I AM, INDEED, SIR, A SURGEON TO OLD SHOES" " Long may the hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content." FROM THE TRENCHES TO VERSAILLES BY CAROLYN COREY YESTERDAY afternoon I took thirty-two soldiers to...