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THE SKY-LARK. ^-
Behold! the enemy appears— Hurrah!
The din of battle fills our ears— Hurrah!
Th e bugles ring, the banners wave,
Each warrior grasps his shining glaive— Hurrah!
No more for fame, no more for gold — Hurrah !
The flag of battle we unfold— Hurrah'.
United in a holy band,
For God and for our native land — Hurrah!
GLEE.
Sweet object of the zephyr's kiss,
Come, Rose, come courted to my bow'r ;
Queen of the banks, the garden's bliss,
Come and abash yon tawdry flowV.
Why call us to revokeless doom,
With grief the opening buds reply,
Not suffer'd to extend our bloom,
Scarce born, alas! before we die?
Man having past appointed years,
Ours are but days, the scene must close,
And when fate's messenger appears,
What is he but a wither'd rose?

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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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Printed music
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.