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ar_ of Tully-Veolan, "the _poculum potatorium_ of the valiant baron."--(See _Note_ to Waverley, and Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter Scott). [66] The whip is now in the custody of Mr George Lyon, of Stirling, the author's son. MY SON GEORGE'S DEPARTURE.[67] TUNE--_"Peggy Brown."_ The parting kiss, the soft embrace, I feel them at my heart! 'Twere joy to clasp you in those arms, But agony to part. But let us tranquillise our minds, And hope the time may be, When I shall see that face again, So loved, so dear to me! Five tedious years have roll'd along, And griefs have had their sway, Though many comforts fill'd my cup, Yet thou wert far away. On pleasant days, when friends are met, Our sports are scarce begun, When I shall sigh, because I miss My George, my eldest son! I owe my grateful thanks to Heaven, I 've seen thee well and gay, I 've heard the music of thy voice, I 've heard thee sweetly play. O try and cheer us with your strains Ere many twelvemonths be, And let us hear that voice again, So loved, so dear to me! [67] This lay of affection is dated September 1820, when the author received a visit from her eldest son, who was then settled as a merchant in London. Mr George Lyon, the subject of the song, and the only surviving member of the family, is now resident at Snowdoun House, Stirling. ROBERT LOCHORE. Robert Lochore was descended from a branch of a Norman family of that name, long established in the neighbourhood of Biggar, and of which the representative was the House of Lochore de Lochore in Fifeshire. He was born at Strathaven, in the county of Lanark, on the 7th of July 1762, and, in his thirteenth year, was apprenticed to a shoemaker in Glasgow. He early commenced business in the city on his own account. In carrying on public improvements he ever evinced a deep interest, and he frequently held public offices of trust. He was founder of the "Annuity Society,"--an institution attended with numerous benefits to the citizens of Glasgow. Mr Lochore devoted much of his time to private study. He was particularly fond of poetical composition, and wrote verses with facility, many of his letters to his intimate friends being composed in rhyme. His poetry was of the descriptive order; his lyrical effusions were comparatively rare. Several poetical
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