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The Great Highlanders

His Metrical Prayer

Let them bestow on ev'ry Airth a Limb;
Open all my veins, that I may swim
To Thee my Saviour, in that Crimson Lake;
Then place my bare-boiled Head upon a Stake;
Scatter my Ashes, throw them in the Air:
Lord (since Thou know'st where all these Atoms are)
I'm hopeful, once Thou'lt recollect my Dust,
And confident Thou'lt raise me with the Just.

James Graham
Marquis of Montrose
1612-1650
Airth:
north, east south and west

By Justin McMurdo