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sts&039; prologue for r suthernd

on his benefit-night, at the theatre, dufries

what needs this d about the town o&039; lon&039;on,

how this new py an&039; that new sang is ?

why is outndish stuff sae ikle urted?

does nonsense nd, like brandy, when iported?

is there nae poet, burng keen for fa,

will try to gie sangs and pys at ha?

for edy abroad he need to toil,

a fool and knave are pnts of every il;

nor need he hunt as far as ro or greece,

to gather atter for a serio piece;

there&039;s thes enow caledonian story,

would shew the tragic e a&039; her glory—

is there no darg bard will rise and tell

how glorio walce stood, how hapless fell?

where are the es fled that uld produce

a draa worthy o&039; the na o&039; bruce?

how here, even here, he first unsheath&039;d the sword

&039;gast ighty engnd and her guilty lord;

and after ony a bloody, deathless dog,

wrench&039;d his dear untry fro the jaws of ru!

o for a shakespeare, or an oay scene,

to draw the lovely, hapless sttish een!

va all th&039; onipotence of feale chars

&039;gast headlong, ruthless, ad rebellion&039;s ars:

she fell, but fell with spirit truly roan,

to gt that direst foe—a venful woan;

a woan, (tho&039; the phrase ay see uncivil,)

as able and as wicked as the devil!

one dougs lives ho&039;s iortal pa,

but dougsses were heroes every a:

and tho&039; your fathers, prodigal of life,

a dougs followed to the artial strife,

perhaps, if bowls row right, and right sueeds,

ye yet ay follow where a dougs leads!

as ye hae nero done, if a&039; the nd

would take the es&039; servants by the hand;

not only hear, but patronize, befriend the,

and where he jtly can nd, nd the;

and aibls when they na stand the test,

k hard, and say the f