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84 ON THE DEATH OF BURNS.
At siccan deeds her bairns were never slaw.
Yes, Scotia, cease to mourn the Minstrel dead ;
O cease to lat the tear o' sorrow fa' :
Anither Burns kythes on the landwart mead ;
For B R now wi' g-lee takes up the aiten reed.
'Tis thou, my friend, canst catch fair Nature's smile-
She bids thee poiu* the simple artless strain ;
Auld Scotia listens wistfully the while.
An' hails her days o' happiness again,
Wlian she nae mair negleckit shall remain.
Thus may'st thou still attune thy native lyre.
An' a' the sweets o' rural life maintain ;
Breathe notes that make the honest saul aspire
To truly manly deeds, an' wake the patriot fire.
At siccan deeds her bairns were never slaw.
Yes, Scotia, cease to mourn the Minstrel dead ;
O cease to lat the tear o' sorrow fa' :
Anither Burns kythes on the landwart mead ;
For B R now wi' g-lee takes up the aiten reed.
'Tis thou, my friend, canst catch fair Nature's smile-
She bids thee poiu* the simple artless strain ;
Auld Scotia listens wistfully the while.
An' hails her days o' happiness again,
Wlian she nae mair negleckit shall remain.
Thus may'st thou still attune thy native lyre.
An' a' the sweets o' rural life maintain ;
Breathe notes that make the honest saul aspire
To truly manly deeds, an' wake the patriot fire.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Poems and songs > (120) Page 84 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87744606 |
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| Description | By the late Richard Gall with a memoir of the author. Edinburgh : From the Press of Oliver and Boyd, 1819. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.48 |
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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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