Contemplations [in verse] on the top of Arthur's Seat ... / by a gentleman for advanced in life [i.e. A. Duncan] ... May 1, 1816. On the approaching marriage of the Princess Charlotte. [May 1, 1817. On the recovery of the Queen [Charlotte] from a dangerous illness].

  • Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828.
Date:
1817]
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Credit: Contemplations [in verse] on the top of Arthur's Seat ... / by a gentleman for advanced in life [i.e. A. Duncan] ... May 1, 1816. On the approaching marriage of the Princess Charlotte. [May 1, 1817. On the recovery of the Queen [Charlotte] from a dangerous illness]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( CONTEMPLATIONS on the Top of Arthur’s Seat, a high hill in the Neighbourhood of Edinburgh, by a Gentleman far advanced in Life, who has made it a Rule to walk to the Top of it, on the 1st of May annually, at an early hour; and, considering it as an Altar, under the Canopy of Heaven, there to express his Feelings for the Moment in Poetic Language. May 1. 1816. On the approaching Marriage of the Princess Charlotte. 1. Let Britons be gay, On the Calends of May, For to-morrow is fix’d as the Nuptial Day, Of a Princess, who Britain’s vast Empire may sway ;