Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

478 MINSTRELSY OF
ON A VISIT PAID TO
THE RUINS OF MELROSE ABBEY,
BY THE COUXTESS OF DALKEITH, AXD
HEIl SON, LOUD SCOTT.
BY THE REV. JOHN MARRIOTT, A.M.
Abbots of Melrose, Avont of yore
The dire anathema to pour
On England's hated name ;
See, to appease your injured shades, .
And expiate her Border raids,
She sends her fairest Dame.
Her fairest Dame those shrines has graced,
That once her boldest Lords defaced ;
Then let your hatred cease ;
The prayer of import dread revoke,
Which erst indignant fury spoke,
And pray for England's peace.
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