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58 ON VISITING THE HOUSE
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WRITTEN ON VISITING THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE
CELEBRATED ROBERT BURNS WAS BORN, AND THE
SURROUNDING SCENERY, IN AUTUMN 1799.
O BUT it makes my heart fu' sair.
The lowly blast-worn bower to see,
Whare infant Genius wont to smile,
Whare brightened first the Poet's e'e !
Burns, heavenly Bard ! 'twas here thy mind
Traced ilka object wildly grand ;
Here first thou caught dame Nature's fire.
An' snatched the pencil from her hand.
Bleak Autumn now reigns o'er these scenes.
The yellow leaves fa' aff the tree ;
But never shall the laurel fade.
That Scotia's Muse has twined for thee.

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DescriptionWritten on visiting the house in which the celebrated Robert Burns was born, and the surrounding scenery, in autumn 1799.
Poems and songs
DescriptionBy the late Richard Gall with a memoir of the author. Edinburgh : From the Press of Oliver and Boyd, 1819.
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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. 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.