Select Poetry.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 68, 28 October 1875, Page 7

Select Poetr y .

.. . v r -*. >..»•*■ »-.■ "- , -,"-< ,|,_ K_s v.*«....£_ \. The foUowing poetii, says the San -Francisco New&Letter, was-writteß-by-iffi?. J. Webb, of Scotland, Bixteen years ago, on tho occasion oi the appointment AofdHemiy WAt^m^et. U lecture at-thd-tseleßratfon of-BarD^lOOeh 'aaniversary, Jauuary, 1859 ;— I learn the taskliasfa'n to you . -,-.. Togiethe,bard.oVAyrhk dve f _ \ ButnWhinl^l7 Vr'JoOi W '* ■'-■''■ He kept sweet Charity.in vie-*****.,-, EWforlthe*T>£'if, ;0 -} Y <>x *■* His few sma'jtaiUts.ye need na tell; Folks say ye're no o'er quid yoursel; V •■-.'' MButgDe-sa Ja^^es:j /, iy Ay :*. ,*. : Gin ye're but half as good as Rab . '*.** „ We'Uas^na.-jpair.y,y {\ yy Then dihria seek to find a flaw, r -** &9-&P* his 3 *Wts a mantle thraw,.. ' ""* * * - AndJeavethe-rest -£ *---'*• AA. iiJ To Mm. who ttuade and tried the heart j He kens the best. r 5p,'.:..-4^*:..ri rr ! -r (T A cent'iy hence,' ancf wha can tell "What may befa'. your canine sel': f.Sqnfeh-SlyipjfeapheF- <T 'r "j May tab? the cudgels up for ane Cad Harry Beecher. I ha'e nae. dou-bt-yVd like to ken Wha* tis thattak's the auld quill pea To-Jxrite,tl^rhym^i Th***** knowledge wad he littleVorfch— I'm past my prime. *-.' *,?^"^'P'*il!lsfe*3fßWg aadfeifr,.^ . - I've wand&red aft by boraie Ayr :'. *'"? :^ i 'ib^tsomegle% m,., £# i i E'er fate's sterii mar^te sent me forth y •; \.;;Far J p'erJihfiflea*r|-':,,'. a: >AAAi}* '-.'-Aa Still, Scotia's hills and Scotia's plains, Her poets and^herpoet's strains, To me are dear — A desert spring within my heart — \A *;V *.Thfey cl^f-ra'a tear.O?. LA\ f& 0 a