Extempore, upon viewing the scaffold immediately after the execution of Lord Balmerino.

Lo! where undaunted Balmerino stood, Firm without canting, seal'd his faith in blood. In cause of right and truth unmov'd and just, And as he knew no fear, betray'd no trust. The amaz'd spectator drop'd the troubled eye, As more afraid to look than he to die. Whence sprung this great unparallel'd deport? God and his conscience were his strong support.