28 THE BEE, OR Dec. 2 2, 



V. 



• O diile for the order I 

 Sent our lads to the border I 

 The Englifli for anes, bj guile wan the day. 

 The flovv'rs of the forefl; 

 Wha aye fhone the foremoft, 



who always 



The prime of the land lie cauld in the clay". 



coU ' 



The poet has, with great art and pathos, made r.l- 

 lufions in thefe few lines, to many circumftances, the 

 recolle£lion of which, and the changes he pathetically 

 defcribes, that had happened by that fatal battle, mull; 

 have impreffed the minds of thofe who lived at that 

 time with the moft tender emotions. No wonder thnt 

 it has been preferved, when fo many others have en- 

 tirely periilied. 



The fecond letter is in a fiile extremely diflerent 

 from the former, which, on account of the ilri£l: im- 

 partiality tliat is meant invariably to be purfued in 

 this performance, fhall ^Ifo obtain a place. The letter 

 is as follows : 



S:r, 



" I happened lately to fee your Profpeclus of tlis 

 " Bee. This paper 1 read with great attention and 

 " pleafure, fliewcd and i-ecommended it to a numerous 

 " circle of my friends, whom M found willing to pa- 

 " tronize the work, upon its anfwering the high ex- 

 " pectations which your zeal and indullry have cxcit- 



m .The laft verfc is a natural national apolog:^' fi>r the defeat. The 

 exprtfiion in the firft line is common in Scotland DuU ( frohdohr ! Tl;e 

 Scotch were fond of Latin phrafcs) fignifies grief or forrow, at if h? 

 ;had faidj Alas, for the order ! 



