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fo4 tndex indicatorius. Sept. 18, 
Imwpex INDICATORIUs. % r 
TZ. S. sends a poem in Scottifh verse which is intended to fhow 
that there is nothing incongruous in the measure there adopted for 
serious disquisitions. It is greatly too long for this miscellany, besides - 
being more of a metaphysical cast than is suitable to its plan; a few 
of the stanzas are selected as a specimen of it. 
Kind night has gi’en the eard a soakin’, 
The sun will soon set her a-smokia’, 
On Arthurs seat the fkies are rokin’ 
Like Sauney’s bonnet, 
What wad ye think my muse but [without] jokin’ 
To croon a sonnet ? 
Aurora wi’ a silent pace 
But quick, climbs up the east fie’ s face, 
\While heavy, I the windings trace 
To this hill head ; 
But perseverance maun take place 
O’ wings an’ speed, 
Sae wi’ a’ good that men attempt : 
Nae wise pursuits frae toil exempt: 
But Pll no halt tho’ limbs fhould cramp, 
Till on the crown, 
Its fools an sluggards ease can tempt 
Short to sit down, ° 
‘ 
Aw now that I hae reach’d your height 
Sweet hill! nae thing presents my sight, 
P the country round, if I mind right, 
That’s no been sung ; 
Cumming * has round ye wing’d his flight 
Nor can be dung. , 
Auld Reekie’s bard + ah! o’er soon set, 
Has sung the Firth o’ Forth sae neat ; 
Its warse than mad to imitate 
Sic matchlefs strains 5 
We fhort syne tried to crown the fleet 
ue )Ah ! what remains? 
To heav’n my muse! then turn your eie. 
‘There Phebus verges frae the-sea. 
Sf he comes wast, or east row we 
It makes no which? 
Good e’en says he ta land o” tea 
An’ India rich. 
* Author of a poctical description of Edinburgh. + Ferguson. 
