To the squire's hand the rein he threw, JAMES SKENE, ESQ.1 Ashestiel, Ettrick Forest. AN ancient Minstrel sagely said, "Where is the life which late we led? Eleven years we now may tell, Since we have known each other well; Since, riding side by side, our hand First drew the voluntary brand ;2 2 And sure, through many a varied scene, 1 [James Skene, Esq., of Rubislaw, Aberdeenshire, was Cornet in the Royal Edinburgh Light Horse Volunteers; and Sir Walter Scott was Quartermaster of the same corps.] 2 [MS." Unsheath'd the voluntary brand."] |