Address To Edinburgh（1 / 3）

  address to edinburgh
  edina! scotia's darling seat!
  all hail thy palaces and tow'rs,
  where once, beneath a monarch's feet,
  sat legislation's sov'reign pow'rs:
  from marking wildly scatt'red flow'rs,
  as on the banks of ayr i stray'd,
  and singing, lone, the lingering hours,
  i shelter in they honour'd shade.
  here wealth still swells the golden tide,
  as busy trade his labours plies;
  there architecture's noble pride
  bids elegance and splendour rise:
  here justice, from her native skies,
  high wields her balance and her rod;
  there learning, with his eagle eyes,
  seeks science in her coy abode.
  thy sons, edina, social, kind,
  with open arms the stranger hail;
  their views enlarg'd, their liberal mind,
  above the narrow, rural vale:
  attentive still to sorrow's wail,
  or modest merit's silent claim;
  and never may their sources fail!
  and never envy blot their name!
  thy daughters bright thy walks adorn,
  gay as the gilded summer sky,
  sweet as the dewy, milk-white thorn,
  dear as the raptur'd thrill of joy!
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