New Spalding Club > Records of Invercauld MDXLVII - MDCCCXXVIII [1547- 1828]

448 RECORDS OF INVERCAULD.
There, on the mountain's shaggy side,
She sat enshrined in savage pride,
B)- men unhonour'd, and unknown ;
You clear'd the access to her throne,
B}' )-ou the sick, the weak resort
With ease to her Auspicious Court !
All taste thy gifts, but chiefly those
For whom this Fairy Palace rose.
At your command the de '
And Tadmor rises in the
For us thy gen'rous cares
Convenience, Beauty, and Delight.
Our festive board, our social glee
Are all deriv'd, all held from thee.
Then share the pleasures you bestowe.
And taste the cup of thanks we owe,
And oft the social circle grace
Which hails thee. Genius of the place !
Nor only shall this feeble lay,
Or we, thy Tenants of a day,
Pay willing Tribute to thy name.
But future ages fi.v thy Fame —
When ill-got wealth and Tyrant power
Shall cease to dazzle or devour,
When all the useless selfish crowd
Shall sink in Time's o'ervvhelming flood.
And idle pomp and pride shall pass.
Like the light shadows, o'er the grass.
Our children's children shall revere thy Plan
And praise Monaltrie as the Friend of Man !
S. C.
Pannanich Lodge
July 1782."
The Editor can only guess at the identification of the initials S. C.
The date (1782) is rather too early to accord with the prime of life of
Stewart Cl.\rk mentioned above, otherwise he would have been a
most likely person to have written such a tribute to the memory of
Mr. Farquharson.
I The endings of these three lines are torn off through the tearing away of the seal.