Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n
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B03231
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An elegy on the great and famous blew-stone which lay on the castle-hill of Edinburgh, and was buried therein.
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1700
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Wing E417AB; ESTC R176443
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636
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a_o elegy_n on_o the_o great_a and_o famous_a blew-stone_n which_o lie_v on_o the_o castle-hill_n of_o edinburgh_n and_o be_v bury_v therein_o what_o place_n be_v this_o i_o have_v fix_v my_o foot_n upon_o it_o be_v like_o the_o castle-hill_n yet_o i_o miss_v a_o stone_n whereon_o i_o lean_v i_o oft_o for_o recreation_n sure_o here_o be_v the_o place_n where_o be_v his_o situation_n none_o ever_o be_v yet_o so_o strong_a to_o have_v it_o carry_v so_o that_o it_o be_v sure_o sink_v or_o else_o be_v bury_v for_o which_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v great_a lamentation_n since_o that_o it_o be_v equal_a scarce_a be_v in_o a_o nation_n o_o let_v we_o lament_v the_o loss_n that_o be_v send_v from_o castle_n to_o the_o town_n will_v we_o withstand_v this_o blue_a stone_n good_a that_o be_v now_o beneath_o the_o ground_n rise_v up_o and_o stand_v and_o grace_v our_o land_n let_v they_o thy_o motto_n see_v our_o old_a blew-stone_n that_o be_v dead_a and_o go_v his_o marrow_n can_v be_v large_a twenty_o foot_n of_o length_n he_o be_v his_o bulk_n none_o ever_o do_v ken_n dour_a and_o deaf_a and_o rive_a with_o grief_n when_o he_o preserve_v man_n behind_o his_o back_n a_o batt'rie_n be_v contrive_v with_o pack_n of_o woo_v let_v we_o now_o think_v oh_o since_o he_o be_v go_v we_o be_v in_o the_o castle_n be_v view_n o_o burgess_n and_o man_n of_o wit_n that_o live_v into_o the_o town_n what_o do_v you_o mean_v or_o have_v you_o see_v to_o let_v he_o so_o plump_a down_o since_o all_o be_v past_a and_o he_o lie_v fast_o his_o memory_n shall_v stand_v to_o thousand_o generation_n in_o this_o our_o ancient_n land_n o_o graver_n good_a will_v you_o but_o do_v it_o put_v this_o upon_o a_o stone_n near_o to_o his_o nest_n see_v that_o it_o rest_v since_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o go_v epitaph_n who_o ever_o this_o grave_n do_v look_v upon_o and_o ask_v who_o do_v it_o fill_v it_o be_v the_o famous_a great_a blew-stone_n lay_v on_o the_o castle-hill_n roar_v at_o he_o be_v with_o shot_n like_o thunder_n because_o that_o man_n he_o serve_v until_o his_o body_n rend_v asunder_o because_o he_o they_o preserve_v from_o death_n that_o night_n