Extempore, on Mr. William Smellie, Author of the Philosophy of Natural History, and Member of the Antiquarian and Royal Societies of Edinburgh

CROCHALLAN came,

The old Cock’d hat, the grey surtout-the same;
His bristling beard just rising in its might,-
‘Twas four long nights and days to shaving night;
His uncomb’d grizzly locks wild staring, thatch’d
A head for thought profound and clear, unmatch’d;
Yet, tho’ his caustic wit was biting rude,
His heart was warm, benevolent, and good.