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For, lest dull want and anxious penury
Should damp the dawning lustre of their eye;
Wither the roses which begin to blow,
Or tinge with fallow hue their native snow;
She reared her orphan charge with tender art, 740
And, like a parent, soothed each lonely heart.
 As by the moisture nurst which Clyde supplies,
The mighty oak springs to gigantic size;
Proudly erects his wide spread head on high,
While his long arms invest the distant sky;
So eminent this princely stock is found,
Extending prosperous branches wide around.
From Leicester's race descends the lofty line,
A generous breed, in battle doomed to shine;
The chief that spurned a minion's rank abuse, 750
And joined the fortunes of the warrior Bruce:
Faithful to Scotish kings the race has stood,
While circles in their veins their sovereign's blood.
Hence bold Bargenny and Belhaven rose;
Hence, Haddington, thy noble lineage flows;
Hence sprung rich Abercorn, a mighty peer,
And Selkirk, ever to the muses dear.
 Yet most the name adorns their native Clyde,
Where frequent shine their domes on every side;