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Speak till’t, and hear \vhat it confeft;
‘Tk a good Deed
To fend a wandering Saul to reft
Among the Dead.
ELEGY on Lucky WO O D in the Can-
nongate, May 1717.
OC AN NIGATE ! poor elritch Hole,
What Lofs, what Croffes does thou thole ?
Jjondon and Death gars thee look drole.
And king thy Head : .
Wow, but thou has e’en a cauld Coal
To Haw indeed.
Hear me, ye Hills, and every Glen,
Ilk Craig, ilk Cleugh, and hollow Den,
And Eccho fhrill, that a’ may ken.
The waefou Thud,
Be racklefs Death, wha came unfenn
To Duchy WOOD.
She’s dead o’er true, fhe’s dead and gane,
Left us and WID DIE Burd alane
To bleer and greet, to fob and mane,
And rug our Hair,
Becaufe we’ll ne’er fee her again
For evermair.
Speak till’t, and hear \vhat it confeft;
‘Tk a good Deed
To fend a wandering Saul to reft
Among the Dead.
ELEGY on Lucky WO O D in the Can-
nongate, May 1717.
OC AN NIGATE ! poor elritch Hole,
What Lofs, what Croffes does thou thole ?
Jjondon and Death gars thee look drole.
And king thy Head : .
Wow, but thou has e’en a cauld Coal
To Haw indeed.
Hear me, ye Hills, and every Glen,
Ilk Craig, ilk Cleugh, and hollow Den,
And Eccho fhrill, that a’ may ken.
The waefou Thud,
Be racklefs Death, wha came unfenn
To Duchy WOOD.
She’s dead o’er true, fhe’s dead and gane,
Left us and WID DIE Burd alane
To bleer and greet, to fob and mane,
And rug our Hair,
Becaufe we’ll ne’er fee her again
For evermair.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Miscellaneous works of that celebrated Scotch poet, Allan Ramsay > (53) Page 25 - Elegy on Lucky Wood in the Cannongate, May 1717 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/105685908 |
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| Description | Dublin: Printed by S. Powell for George Risk, 1724. 'A glossary, or explanation of the Scots words us'd by the author, .. ' has separate pagination and register. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.123(1-2) |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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