The Solemn League and Covenant

Cost Scotland blood-cost Scotland tears,
But it sealed Freedom's sacred cause-
If thou'rt a slave, indulge thy sneers.

Calvin, 1509.

July 11.

Epigram.

Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, And soft as their parting tear-Jessy!

Song-Altho' thou maun never be mine.

July 12.

O wae upon you, men o' state,
That brethren rouse to deadly hate!
As
ye make monie a fond heart mourn,
- Sae may it on your hearts return.

C. Julius Cæsar, B. c. 100.

Song-Logan Braes.

July 11.

July 12.

Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet,
To think how mony counsels sweet,
How mony lengthened, sage advices
The husband frae the wife despises.

July 14.

Tam o' Shanter.

And then, a' doctor's saws and whittles,
Of a' dimensions, shapes, an' mettles,
A' kinds o' boxes, mugs, an' bottles,
He's sure to hae.

John Hunter, 1728.

Death and Doctor Hornbook.

July 15.

Now waving grain, wide o'er the plain,

Delights the weary farmer;

And the moon shines bright, when I rove at night

To muse upon my charmer.

Song-Now Westlin Winds.

July 14.

July 15.

Next came the loveliest pair in all the ring, Sweet Female Beauty hand in hand with Spring; Then, crowned with flowery hay, came Rural Joy And Summer, with his fervid-beaming eye.

Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723.

July 17.

Brigs of Ayr.

That there is falsehood in his looks
I must and will deny :

They say their owner is a knave-
And sure they do not lie.

July 18.

He'll hae misfortunes great and sma',
But aye a heart aboon them a',

He'll be a credit to us a',

We'll a' be proud of Robin.

Burns died, 1796.

Epigram.

Song-There was a Lad.