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THE

EVER GREEN,

BEING A

COLLECTION

OF

Scots Poems,

WROTE BY THE INGENIOUS BEFORE 1600.

PUBLISHED BY

ALLAN RAMSAY.

Still green with Bays each ancient Altar stands,
Above the Reach of sacrilegious Hands,

Secure from Flames, from Envy's fiercer Rage,

Destructive War and all-devouring Age.

VOL. I.

POPE.

Glasgow:

J. CAMERON, STATIONER AND LIBRARIAN, 54, GALLOWGate.

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THIS edition of the "EVERGREEN" is printed from the copy edited by ALLAN RAMSAY,-of which, it is hoped, this will be found an accurate transcript.

In offering a new edition of these Ancient Poems to the public, the Publisher flatters himself he is doing an acceptable service to his countrymen, in general, and especially, to those of them who take an interest in the literature of their native country.

GLASGOW, February, 1824.

R. HUTCHISON AND SON,
Printers, Glasgow.

TO

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DUKE OF HAMILTON, &c.

Captain General,

AND THE REST OF THE HONOURABLE MEMBERS

of the

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My Lords and Gentlemen,

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