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STRATIIxVLLAN'S LAMENT.
[Written by Burxs before 1788. The lamentation is supposed
to be uttered by James, Viscount Strathallan, while concealed
in some cave of the Highlands after the battle of CuUoden, at
v/hich engagement his father Viscount WiUiam was kiUed.
He escaped to France.]
Thickest night o'erliang my dwelling !
Howling tempests o'er me rave !
Tm-bid torrents, wintry swelling,
Still surround my lonely cave !
Chrystal streamlets gently flowing^
Busy haunts of base mankind.
Western breezes softly blowing.
Suit not my distracted mind.
In the cause of right engaged.
Wrongs injurious to redress,
Honour'a war we strongly waged.
But the Heavens deny'd success :
Ptuin's wheel has driven o'er us.
Not a hope that dare attend.
The wide world is all before us—*
But a world without a friend i
STRATIIxVLLAN'S LAMENT.
[Written by Burxs before 1788. The lamentation is supposed
to be uttered by James, Viscount Strathallan, while concealed
in some cave of the Highlands after the battle of CuUoden, at
v/hich engagement his father Viscount WiUiam was kiUed.
He escaped to France.]
Thickest night o'erliang my dwelling !
Howling tempests o'er me rave !
Tm-bid torrents, wintry swelling,
Still surround my lonely cave !
Chrystal streamlets gently flowing^
Busy haunts of base mankind.
Western breezes softly blowing.
Suit not my distracted mind.
In the cause of right engaged.
Wrongs injurious to redress,
Honour'a war we strongly waged.
But the Heavens deny'd success :
Ptuin's wheel has driven o'er us.
Not a hope that dare attend.
The wide world is all before us—*
But a world without a friend i
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, tales, and songs > Volume 2 > (377) Page 355 - Strathallan's lament |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87728994 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.53a |
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| Description | With explanatory notes and observations [compiled] by John Gilchrist. Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1815. 2 volumes: v. 1. Ballads. Tales.--v. 2. Tales, continued. Songs. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.53-53a |
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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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