Keppoch song

258 SUPPLEMENT.
may be with thyself at the expiry of ano-
ther century. The supreme legislature of
the universe hath visited the nations on the
Continent of Europe with war and desola-
tion, as the rod of his chastisement, to
awaken men to a reformation of principles;
Great Britain, by a toleration of corrup-
tion, vice, and venality, may be the next
scene of visitation. May this be averted!
Thou, O moon of H-n-v-r, dost nowshine
through the medium of a Prince Regent.
The dispensations of his beams has been
highly glorious and refulgent. Peace is
now restored to Europe, and on his part
to America. The Russian, the German
peasant have been relieved by British ge-
nerosity and kindness. The French exile
hath been sent home in honour. Will thy
domestic dispensation, O moon of H-n~
t— r, continue to be equally glorious, reful-
gent, and beneficent? Wilt thou crush
the serpents who may have winded about
thy throne, who may have impeded the
beams of thy justice, and who may have
caftised thee to diverge from the straight
roll of rectitude? Will thy domestic eluci-