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On a hill at little distance unarmed swains beheld The huge devastation and carnage of the field; Exulting they gave a shout which made the hills re-

sound,

And the fluctuating enemy did totally confound. A gen'ral panic then prevail'd, inglorious flight en-

su’d,

Lord Douglas with light armed horse, most vigor-

ously pursu’d,

Till Edward reached to Dunbar, where joyfully he

saw

A scurvy fishing-boat in which he meanly sneak’d

awa'

Thus ended the dread campaign of Edward the

Great;

Thus vanish’d into smoke every formidable threat; While the riches of his camp did repay the victors*

toil,

Who gloriously expos’d their lives to guard the

Scottish soil,

The generous love of liberty, our country and our

laws,

Thus fir’d our noble ancestors to fight in freedom’s

cause;

They boldly fought for liberty, for honour and ap-

plause,

And defy’d the power of England’s king to alter

their laws.

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The -Auld- Wife ayont the Fire.

THERE was a wife won’d in a glen; And she had daughters nine or ten, That fought the house baith but an ben, To find their mam a snishing.