For this by rules severe his life he squar'd, Not but he knew the signs of earthly power The prince may keep his pomp, the fisher must be plain. Such was the saint, who shone with every grace. Reflecting, Moses-like, his Maker's face. God saw his image lively was express'd; And his own work, as in creation bless'd. ROBERT HENRYSOUN. BORN 1425-DIED 1495. LITTLE is known of the private history of "Gude Master Robert Henrysoun," except that he was a schoolmaster at Dunfermline, and is supposed to have been preceptor in the Benedictine Convent of that place. His poetry is above mediocrity, and in various styles. MS. copies of many of his pieces are preserved in the Advocates' Library. The abbey mentioned in the following fine moral poem is probably the abbey of Dunfermline. THE ABBEY WALK.* I. ALONE as I went up and down On case (a) I cast on side mine ee, (b) 66 Obey, and thank thy God of (d) all ! II. Thy kingdom, and thy great empire, But, as the wind, will wend away. * Lord Hailes gave this title to the succeeding poem from one mentioned in "The Complaynt of Scotland. (a) By chance. (b) Eye. (c) So MS. not on. (d) For. Thy gold, and all thy goodis gay, III. Though thou be blind, or have an halt, Sa it come not through thy default, Na man should thee repreif (ƒ) by skill. Blame not thy Lord, sa is his will! Spurn not thy foot against the wall; But with meek heart, and prayer still, Obey, and thank thy God of all. IV. God, of his justice, mon (g) correct; To punish sinful man and save. And afterward made bound and thrall, Ane poor beggar, with scrip and staiff (i) Obey, and thank thy God of all. V. This changing, and great variance Is not but (k) casualty and chance, (e) Such. (f) Reprove. (g) Must. (h) Above the rest: literally, beside the rest. Fr. (i) Staff. (k) Only. (4) Reason. But by the great provisioun Of God above, that rule thee shall ! Therefore, ever thou make thee boun (m) To obey, and thank thy God of all. VI. In wealth be meek, heich (n) not thyself; Thy power, and thy worldis pelf, Is nought but very vanity. LORD VAUX. THOMAS LORD VAUX, second baron of the name, lived in the time of Henry VIII., and attended Cardinal Wolsey on his splendid embassy to Francis I. On the coronation of Anne Boleyn he received the order of the Bath; and was afterwards made governor of the island of Jersey. He died in the reign of Mary. His pieces, which are few in number, breathe a genuine spirit of piety. UPON HIS WHITE HAIRS. 豪 THESE hairs of age are messengers Which bid me fast, repent, and pray; (m) Ready. (n) Exalt. (9) Exalts. (p) On the cross. (0) He. They be of death the harbingers, That do prepare and dress the way: Wherefore I joy that you may see Upon my head such hairs to be. They be the lines that lead the length They be the strings of sober sound, God grant to those that white hairs have, No worse them take than I have meant ; That after they be laid in grave, Their souls may joy, their lives well spent. God grant, likewise, that you may see Upon your head such hairs to be. THE AGED LOVER RENOUNCETH LOVE. I LOATH that I did love In youth that I thought sweet, |