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76 DUNCAN AND HELEN.
Yet still the master o' the day
Pretends his Country's weal.
An' mony a fa'n but manly fae
Bedims the murdering steel.
The widow's greet, the baby's cry.
He winna lout to hear ;
To sooth his rage in vain they try.
Tears only whet his spear.
But turn we frae the cheerless view^
An' frae the ruefu' plain.
An' see whare peerless Helen now
Bewails her Duncan slain.
A rebel wight, wi' visage dour^
Wha scoured the hills alang.
In passing Helen's peacefu' bower.
The waefu' tidings brang.
Yet still the master o' the day
Pretends his Country's weal.
An' mony a fa'n but manly fae
Bedims the murdering steel.
The widow's greet, the baby's cry.
He winna lout to hear ;
To sooth his rage in vain they try.
Tears only whet his spear.
But turn we frae the cheerless view^
An' frae the ruefu' plain.
An' see whare peerless Helen now
Bewails her Duncan slain.
A rebel wight, wi' visage dour^
Wha scoured the hills alang.
In passing Helen's peacefu' bower.
The waefu' tidings brang.
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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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