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 22 Labour-health--content, and quiet! Mourner ! here ye’se get a bed. WIFE! 'tis true, wi' bairnies smilling, Here, alas! ye needna seek-- Yet here bairns, ilk care beguiling, Paint wi' smiles a mither's cheek! A' her earthly pride and pleasure Left to cheer her widow'd lot, A' her war'dly walth and treasure To adorn her lanely cot. Cheer, then, soldier-m'idst affliction; Bright'ning joys will aften shine; Virtue ay claims Heaven's protection Trust to PROVIDENCE diyine." PART IV. SWEET as Rosebank's* woods and river, Cool whan Simmer's sunbeams dart, Cam ilk word, and cool'd the fever That lang brunt at Willie's heart. Silent stept he on, poor fallow! Listening to his guide before, Owre green knowe, and flowery hallow, Till they reach'd the cot-house door. Laigh it was; yet sweet, tho' humble ! Deck't wi' hinnysuckle round!: Clear below, Esk's waters rumble, Deep glens murmuring back the sound. MELVILLE's towers, ll sae white and stately, Dim by gloamin glint to view; Thro' LASSWADE'S dark woods keek sweetly; Skies sae red! and lift sae blue ! Melville Castle, the seat of the Right Honourable Henry Dundas, now Lord Viscount Melvile.
 * The Author's place of nativity.