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Arabella, or Annabella, 'countefs of Lothian, daughter 
of Archibald earl of Argyll, the earl and countefs 
of Perth, Robert Carre earl of Ancram, Dr Arthur 
Johnstone, phycisian to the king, author of that ad- 
mirable piece of humour, Parerga, a {ketch of whose 
life and writings 1 hope may sometime or other 
make its appearance in this Miscellany, Mr Cunning- 
ham of Barnes, and a few other relations. 
In a survey of Drummond’s poems two considera- 
tions must be had—the nation in which he lived, 
and the times in which he wrote. Yet these will 
be found, not offered to extenuate faults, but to 
increase admiration. His thoughts are generally 
bold and highly poetical ; he follows nature, and his 
verses are delicately harmonious. On the death 
of Henry prince of Wales in 1612, he wrote an elegy 
entitled ‘“* Tears on the death of Moeliades,” a name 
which that Prince had used in all his challenges of 
martial sport, as the anagram of “ Miles a Deo.” — 
In this piece, according to Denham’s epithets to the 
Thames, are thoughts as strong, as deep, as gentle, 
and as full, as any of his or Waller’s*. 
When king James, after his accefsion to the Eng. 
lith throne, returned to Scotland in the year 1617, 
his arrival was celebrated by every effort of poetical 
congratulation. Upon this occasion, Drummond 
composed a panegyrick entitled the Wandering Muses, 
in which are found four lines apparently imitated by 
Pope,—“ To virgins flowery, ect.” Of these two 
poems, it is observable, that they date earlier than 
any of Wallet’s, whose first was that to the king on 
® Cursory Remarks, &c, + Vide Pope’s third pastoral. 
