The chapter of kings, a new royal song/Beauties of Carronbraes

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BEAUTIES OF CARRON-BRAES.

⁠Carron-braes are ſteep and green,
Where flocks and herds are to be ſeen,
Ilk farm o’erflows with milk galore,
From Meikle-Binn to Carron-ſhore.

⁠As ye come in by Tackmedown,
Upon the road to Stirling town,
There Carron-bridge moſt ſtately ſtands,
Which ſhows the worth of maſons’ hands.

⁠Sir John the Graham. of gallant fame,
In Scotland honour'd is his name,
His dwelling was on Carron-braes,
Great honour ſtill unto the place.

⁠Great Wallace, Knight of Elderſlie,
With gallant Graham in company,
From thraldom freed our kingdom thrice,
On Carron-braes did oft rejoice.

⁠But weep, my muſe, O weep to tell!
Near Carron-braes the Graham he fell!
Puiſſant, with his ſword and ſpear,
O'erpower'd by Cummin's treachery there.

⁠Great Bruce, our king, to Edward ſlave,
Againſt his country did behave,
Till Wallace, on the Carron-braes,
Told him he was among his faes.

⁠From that time forth, the hero Bruce,
Did throw off Engliſh Edward's truce;
Thro' much fatigue he gain'd his crown,
But Douglas clear’d the country roun'.

⁠†Great Dundas, propitious name!
To thee we owe the naval ſtream;
Thy ſpade was firſt the earth to raiſe,
To join the Clyde to Carron-braes.

⁠But left my ſong ſhould gather ſtrengths,
And ſwell with hiſt’ry into length,
I’ll lum the whole by ſinging praiſe
Unto the chryſtal Carron-braes.

†The late Sir Laurence Dundas, of West-Kerse. Bart. who lifted the firſt ſpade-ful of earth, towards digging of the Great Canal between Forth and Clyde.—The Spade was preserved, and lies in West-Kerse House, by Grangemouth.