This Statue, I must confess, is magnificent to see, And I hope will long be appreciated by the people of Dundee; It has been beautifully made by Sir John Steell, And I hope the pangs of hunger he will never feel. This Statue is most elegant in its design, And I hope will defy all weathers for a very long time; And I hope strangers from afar with admiration will stare On this beautiful statue of thee, Immortal Bard of Ayr. Fellow-citizens, this Statue seems most beautiful to the eye, Which would cause Kings and Queens for such a one to sigh, And make them feel envious while passing by In fear of not getting such a beautiful Statue after they die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by FRANCIS BEAUMONT FABLE: THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON GERANIUMS by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON VENICE; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TRISTRAM AND ISEULT by MATTHEW ARNOLD A WAY TO A HAPPY NEW YEAR by ROBERT BREWSTER BEATTIE PIONEERS OF DETROIT by LEVI BISHOP A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 16 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT EXTRACTS FROM VERSES WRITTEN FOR THE NEW YEAR, 1823 by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |