Historical and authentic account of the ancient and noble family of Keith, Earls Marichal of Scotland

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Yet the great genius which his mind possest,
^Aud high design, which swell' d his youthful
breast,
No toil thought painful, nor no danger hard,
Where fame and honour are the just reward.
Through her wide empire he his march began.
Reviewed her troops and squadrons, man by
man :
From Baltic seas round to the Vaspian shore.
Her high commands, to towns and cities bore:-
Each castle, fort, and citadel surveys,
Which to the Russian power obedience pays:
Gave in the plan that lie hat! drawn with care.
To shew what store? were needful every where;
Declar'd how all appear'd at each review,
And gave the praise was to each squadron due.
The piudent sages who in council sat,
To poise the weighty matters of the state,
Charm'd with what he relates, exactly know.
How to oppose, and to attack the foe.
This task perf rm'd. he grapples with new toils,
And quells the warlike /-Wf' intestine broils:
Thro climes where Russians were not us'd to
tread,
Those chosen troops the gallant hero led:
Imperial and Musco: ian eagles join,
And spread their banners on the rapid Rhine.
The haugntj Gaul shuns the impending blow,
And dreads their joining with his former foe:
Italian conquests quickly he resigns,
Betrays his allies and his former friends;
To Poland's ci own gives up his father's claim,
And begs a peace, which seem'd to France a
shame :