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The following lines enscribed on a fine monument erected in the town of Newcastleton (on the border of Scotland) to the memory of the border poet Dr Armstrong.<br> <center>Proud of the muse<br>Which gave to classic fame<br>Our vale and streams<br>to song before unknown<br>We raise this stone<br>to bear thy deathless name<br>And tell the world<br>that Armstrong was our own</center>