address to wm. tytler, esq., of woodhouselee

with an impression of the author's portrait.

revered defender of beauteous stuart,

of stuart, a name once respected;

a name, which to love was the mark of a true heart,

but now 'tis despis'd and neglected.

tho' something like moisture conglobes in my eye,

let no one misdeem me disloyal;

a poor friendless wand'rer may well im a sigh,

still more if that wand'rer were royal.

my fathers that name have rever'd on a throne:

my fathers have fallen to right it;

those fathers would spurn their degenerate son,

that name should he scoffingly slight it.

still in prayers for king george i most heartily join,

the queen, and the rest of the gentry:

be they wise, be they foolish, is nothing of mine;

their title's avow'd by my country.