-By chymic art new combinations rise;
'Tis crystal, clear as the cerulean skies:
A mirror true to beauty's lovely face,
Reflecting all the charms of female grace :

Or pendant midst the splendid dome's bright blaze,
In sparkling brilliance darts ten thousand rays :
Brimful, it beams midst floods of foaming wine,
Held sacred to the joys of Bacchus' rites divine !—
Nor this the whole there still are to be found
Exhaustless treasures teeming under ground
Of fossils precious, mines of richest ore,
Our Grampian regions boast the choicest store.
Arabia's granite, Egypt's marble blocks,
Vie not in beauty with Hebridia's rocks.

Our Alpine wilds with porphyrie abound,

On earth's vast bosom where can such be found? (13)
Mark well, ye Senators of sterling sense,

Our home-resources are in truth immense!—
To rear the firstlings of the fruitful fold,
To fertilize the glebe, the plough to hold,
The sounding scythe to wield with mighty sweep
Along the winding stream, or verdant steep,
To store with care on hill, in narrow vale,

The milky produce of the flowing pail ;
To sort the fleece-the warp and woof prepare,
And ply the loom with diligence and care;

To heave the fish-net, sink the baited lure,
Anon the finny tribes to thus secure ;
To reap the marine harvest of the shore,
And change to soda all the precious store:
The quarry's ponderous masses to display;
And raise the treasures of the mine to day;
Are employs various, and resources grand
As inexhaustible and near at hand.

Hence hand in hand shall health and rustic toil,
And sweet content, and rural virtue smile;
While private industry must wealth create,

The sinewy powers and safety of the state
Will thus be strengthen'd-stedfast shall endure,
And shall to latest ages Freedom thus secure.

END OF BOOK SECOND.

ARRANGEMENT

OF THE

THIRD BOOK.

I. While some are forced to emigrate to a foreign country, others from choice leave the place of their nativity in pursuit of fortune, either from motives of ambition, or of avarice: some of whom returning with all the prejudices and follies of unprincipled, ignorant upstarts, display their affectation of Eastern splendour, by characteristic traits of vanity ridiculous in the extreme. II. Apostrophe-Discovery of INDIA and AMERICA-Consequences of wealth and luxury on CIVIL SOCIETY-Decline and fall of a nation -Often, when seemingly at the lowest state of degradation, arouses and regains its lost liberties, taking vengeance on oppressors-Final retribution. III. The late American war-Our Gaël led against their kindred who had emigrated at a former period to America—A Father kills his own Son. IV. Will man, abhorring murder, learn oyn the art of war no more?-Peace-its comforts and blessings to the human race-but in a particular manner to the

inhabitants of the Grampians and Western Islands. V. The introduction of the Sheep-store system specified-The alienbreed, in all respects inferior to the native, endure in a remarkable manner the inclemency of the seasons-Depth of Winter-A storm-Deer-stalker and his dog perish among the snow. VI. Many are lost during the Winter in returning from the low country-Episode of a poor widowed maniac who had lost her two sons in a storm in crossing the Grampians. VII. Thoughtless Landholders, who spend in riot and wantonness their income at a distance from home, called on to reflect on the fatal consequences of depopulation before it be too late-Others of a different stamp, setting a good example, and acting in conjunction with PARLIAMENT, may retrieve the existing evils-and eventually save our native country from ruin,

THE

GRAMPIANS DESOLATE.

BOOK THIRD.

WHILE some to distant climes are forced to roam,
For fame or fortune others leave their home:
Ambitious thus for riches or for fame,

Domestic sweets they barter for a name !—

O vain delusive grandeur !-what is wealth,

To native home, and peace, and precious health?
Will all the wealth of either IND' avail,

When youth's enjoyments, strength and health all fail?
Ah no!-See where yon modern Gothic pile,
But lately rear'd-its huge fantastic stile
Bespeaks the owner's poor, perverted taste ;—

The passing stranger smiles to see such waste
Of stone and mortar !-View the pleasure-grounds-
Lo, what a sweep of country marks its bounds!
No skilful hand laid out with tasteful care
The sylvan scene which wears an orient air ;