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198 THE SKY-LARK.
Above, tho' opprest by my fate,
I burn with contempt for my foes,
Tho' fortune has alter 'd my state.
She ne'er can subdue me to those.
False woman ! in ages to come
Thy malice detested shall be,
And when we are cold in the tomb,
Some heart still will sorrow for me.
Ye roofs, where cold damps and dismay
With silence and solitude dwell,
How comfortless passes the day !
How sad tolls the evening bell!
The owls from the battlements cry,
Hollow wind seems to murmur around,
' O, Mary, prepare thee to die,'
My blood it runs cold at the sound.
BRAVURA.
Haste, haste, nor lose the favouring hour,
Thy victim now is in thy power,
Hell's dark'ning chains at length have found him.
Soon his soul repenting will strive to fly,
But struggling is vain,
When hell links the chain,
Oh, nought can break the fetters round him —
Revenge! revenge! thy triumph is nigh.

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Sky-lark
DescriptionA collection of songs set to music. London : Published by Thos. Tegg, 1825.
ShelfmarkGlen.110
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Form / genre: Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events: 1825 [Date published]
Places: Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content: Ballads
Songs (document genres)
English
Person / organisation: Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845 [Publisher]
Plummer and Brewis [Printer]

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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe.There are more than 330 publications contained in about 320 selected from the collection of John Glen (1833-1904). Also available are a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject.
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Special collections of printed music
DescriptionOver 400 volumes from three internationally renowned special collections of printed music. The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent excellent archives of 18th-19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The Hopkinson Verdi Collection contains contemporary and later editions of the works of Verdi, collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson.