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 (4) Let che tools of a faction, the minians of pow'r, court.the Lniles of ambition and wealth: Her favours Naves partial Fortune may ſhow'r, be ours independence and health. Be ours, & Nor let the cold with by a Briton be breath'd, which from ſelfiſh affection has birth; Thoſe bleſſings to us by our fathers bequeath'd, may they cheer all the nations on earth. May Fame's loudeſt Trump to each region proclaim that the reign of the Deſpot ſhall cesſe : And mankind ſhall welcome, with joyful acclaim, the æra of Freedom and peace! The wra, & . T*^*^**^*^*^*^ STIRLING TOWER. Compoſed on the Death of Colonel GARDENER, 1745 -- 'Twas at the folemn midnight hour, before the ff. cock's crowing, That weſtlin winds ſhook Stirling Tower, with hollow murmures bl wing; When Fanny fair, all woe-begone, fad on her bed was lying, Lothro the mournful tower the heard the boding ſcreech-owl crying. O diſmal night ! ſhe ſaid. and wept: O night preſaging ſorrow! O diſmal night! the ſaid, and wept ; but more I dread to-morrow: