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On Grandeur. An Ode. 



septus ventii agitatur ingens 

 Pinus ; et celf<e graviore ca/u 

 Decidwit turres, feriuntque fummoi 



Fulmina mantes. tiOR. 



How varied lies the chequer'd fcene \ 



DoMiET * capt with fnow ; 

 While humbler fmiles in vernal green 



The fun-clad vale below ; 

 Gay Spring her cheering tafk performs, 

 Regardlefs of the wintry Itorms 



That fweep proud Ochil's lofty fide ; 

 And {hclter'd from the v.-hirling gale. 

 Secure fmooth gfides the winding fail 



Down Forth's meandering' tide. 



Alas ! how like the cliequer'd (late 



Of Man's contraf^ed lot ! 

 The dorms that beat at Grandeur's gate ! 



The lowly fhelter'd cot! 

 Dlfgufted pride with wintry browl 

 Contented labour at his plough, , 



Still cheer'd by health's unclouded beam 5 

 While fafe from paffion's whirling tide, 

 Calm hope and refignation glide 

 Down life's untroubled ftream. 



To meditation's mufing mind 



Still moral piftures y\k ; 

 , Ambition dafh'd by fortune's wind, 

 When towering to the Ikies ; 

 Exalted beauty doom'd to move 

 In climes unwarm'd by genial love, 



One of the higheft of the Ochil Hills, near Stirling. 

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