elegy on the death of the much lamented Reverend Mr. William Dunn, late Minister of Kirkintilloch, who died on Saturday, November 3, 1798

AN ELEGY On the Death of the much lamented Reverend Mr. WILLIAM DUNN, late Minister of Kirkintilloch, who died on Saturday, November 3, 1798. Mourn Dame RELIGION ! sable garments wear, And o'er thy Son distill the matron tear; Thy sacred cheeks let silent sorrow trace, And pious anguish cloud thy azure face : Thy child is gone—the champion of thy cause, And bold asserter of thy injur'd laws: In him thy interest ever found a friend, Warm to invite, and dauntless to defend: Nor did with years his fervent heat decline, His years gave ardour in the task divine; As safe experience points the false from true, So he convicted did his course pursue. Mourn HUMAN NATURE! well he new thy springs, And clipt the plumes of thy advent'rous wings : He knew each bias of the human mind, Each various genus and each separate kind, He knew where frailty pronely step'd asideHe mark'd the failing and the fault did chide ; Yet with the feeling of a friend who knew The latent cause the guilty shade he drew Mourn Traitor DEVTH!— o'er him thou strove in vain To throw by sealth thy adamantine chain: In vain for him the barbed dart thou drew, And dipt its point in pandemonian dew; In vain for him thou fledg'd thy quiver round, And from thy back the massy bow unbound. Long, long he saw thee o'er the quiver hang, And place thy arrow on the fatal string ; Long, long he saw thee ev'ry art prepare, And place malignant ev'ry sabtile snare; His pulpit lectures, comments on thy pow'r Show'd him in waiting for his final hour. Mourn Herdless FLOCK ! your Shepherd now no more Will tent your wand'rings on this weary shore : No more his tounge will teach your feet the way , To the bright regions. of eternal day! He's gone to prove what he below enjoin'd-— He's gone to feel what none below can find— Prepare to follow— still let your prayer be With him to share a bless'd Eternity!