Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 156. Verses inscribed under a Noble Earl’s Picture |
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| WHOSE 1 is that noble, dauntless brow? | |
| And whose that eye of fire? | |
| And whose that generous princely mien, | |
| E’en rooted foes admire? | |
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| Stranger! to justly show that brow, | 5 |
| And mark that eye of fire, | |
| Would take His hand, whose vernal tints | |
| His other works admire. | |
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| Bright as a cloudless summer sun, | |
| With stately port he moves; | 10 |
| His guardian Seraph eyes with awe | |
| The noble Ward he loves. | |
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| Among the illustrious Scottish sons | |
| That chief thou may’st discern, | |
| Mark Scotia’s fond-returning eye,— | 15 |
| It dwells upon Glencairn. | |
| | | Note 1. The Nobleman is James, Fourteenth Earl of Glencairn. [back] |
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