Helen Craik

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Here native Genius, gay, unique and strong,
Shines through each page, and marks the tuneful song;
Rapt Admiration her warm tribute pays,
And Scotia proudly echoes all she says;
Bold Independence, too, illumes the theme
And claims a manly privilege to Fame.
– Vainly, O Burns! wou’d rank and riches shine,
Compar’d with in-born merit great as thine,
These Chance may take, as Chance has often giv’n,
But Pow’rs like thine can only come from Heav’n.