LINES TO JOHN M`MURDO, ESQ. OF DRUMLANRIG
Sent with some of the Author's Poems.
O COULD I give thee India's wealth,
As I this trifle send;
Because thy joy in both would be
To share them with a friend.
But golden sands did never grace
The Heliconian stream;
Then take what gold could never buy—
An honest bard's esteem.