TOBIAS SALT LAS SMOLLETT Was born near Reuter, Deus, portion, £3,000. Failing in this also, he anther →shire, Scotland, in 1721. He studied in all tu herature as a profession, and produce-i in ad Glasgow, but gave more thought to porsry well-known nevais Roderick Random," tan to physic, and at seventeen prodeerd a tras me Pickle." Count Fathom," "Hu Randed on the death of James 1. of Sontiadi Conker," sin Thua: Tom very bath -cut to London, expecting this production Cala Vistors në Bingiant, Thach and start him at once on the highroad sn ah and fame. Disappointed, he shipped -gon's mate in the navy. He soon lel, the a ice in disgust, and attempted practice s ~gsielan; but his ungovernable temper wid -spensity for satire made him too unpopulat married a young lady whom he had met be mvica, and sued her father for the promised THE TEARS OF SCOTLAND MOURN, hapless Caledonia, mourn Lie slaughter'd on their native ground; The wretched owner sees afar Where once they fed their wanton flocks: What boots it then, in every clime, Through the wide-spreading waste of time, * - * རྒྱུ་རྒུཪ ཚོ་མ་] འ* { *t 1€ } • CDE TO EVLS WATHP banks, while tree to o Tended not be happiest swol Pure stream! In whose ***. My youthivi Fahs I von TOBIAS SMOLLETT. TOBIAS SMOLLETT was born near Renton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, in 1721. He studied medicine at Glasgow, but gave more thought to poetry than to physic, and at seventeen produced a tragedy founded on the death of James I. of Scotland. He went to London, expecting this production would start him at once on the high-road to wealth and fame. Disappointed, he shipped as surgeon's mate in the navy. He soon left the service in disgust, and attempted practice as a physician; but his ungovernable temper and propensity for satire made him too unpopular. He married a young lady whom he had met in Jamaica, and sued her father for the promised | portion, £3,000. Failing in this also, he turned to literature as a profession, and produced his well-known novels "Roderick Random," "Peregrine Pickle," ""Count Fathom," "Humphrey Clinker," etc. These were very successful, as was also a history of England, which he wrote in fourteen months. He undertook the editorship of a Tory journal, became involved in violent personalities, and was imprisoned and fined. He went to Italy for his health, and died near Leghorn, October 21, 1771. Smollett wrote but few poems, the best of which are in this collection. "The Tears of Scotland" was written just after the battle of Culloden. THE TEARS OF SCOTLAND. MOURN, hapless Caledonia, mourn The wretched owner sees afar What boots it then, in every clime, The rural pipe and merry lay O baneful cause, oh, fatal morn, The pious mother doom'd to death, While the warm blood bedews my veins, ODE TO LEVEN WATER. ON Leven's banks, while free to rove, I envied not the happiest swain Pure stream! in whose transparent wave My youthful limbs I wont to lave; |