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he is to return home on Thursday—Allan is a dear boy—he concludes his letter, which is very affectionate throughout, in this manner—
"Elinor, I charge you to learn the following stanza by heart—
The monarch may forget his crown,
That on his head an hour hath been
The bridegroom may forget his bride
Was made his wedded wife yestreen;
The mother may forget her child,
That smiles so sweetly on her knee
But I'll remember thee, Glencairn,
And all that thou hast done for me.
That on his head an hour hath been
The bridegroom may forget his bride
Was made his wedded wife yestreen;
The mother may forget her child,
That smiles so sweetly on her knee
But I'll remember thee, Glencairn,
And all that thou hast done for me.
The lines are in Burns—you know, we read him for the first time together at Margate—and I have been used to refer them to you, and to call you, in my mind, Glencairn—for
