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Here haft" a Nation, healthfou, wife and ftark,
With Spirits, only tint for want of Wark,
Shall now find Place their Genius to exert,
While in the Common-good they aft their Part.
Thefe fit for Servitude fhall bear a Hand,
And thefe find Government form'd for Commando
Befides, this as a Nurfery fhall breed
Stout skilpd Marines, when Britain's Navies need.
Pleased with their Labour, when their Task is done ?
They'll leave green Thetis to imbrace the Sun ;
Then frefheft Fifh fhall on the Brander bleez^
And lend the bify Browfter-Wife a Heez :
While healthfou Hearts fhall own their honeft Flame,
With reaming Qjiafr, and whomelt to her Name 5
Whafe a£tive Motion to his Heart did reach,
As me the Cods was turning on the Beech.
Curs 5 d Poortith, Love and Hymen's deadly Fae,
( That gars young Fouk in Prime cry aft, Oh hej,
And fmgle live, till Age and Runkles maw
Their canker'd Spirit's good for nought at a' ; )
Now flit your Camp, far frae our Confines fcour,^
0ur Lads and Laffes fpon fhall flight your Power ;
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Poems
DescriptionBy Allan Ramsay. Edinburgh : Printed for the author, 1720. [A collection of pamphlets previously issued separately by Ramsay. The collection was probably first published in 1719 without a collective title page and subsequently re-issued in 1720 with prefatory material and a collective title page but little attempt at continuous pagination.] Contents: Morning interview (with: Elegy on Maggy Johnston, To the most beautiful Scots ladies, Scots songs) [Martin 36, 32, 49, 46] - Christ’s-Kirk on the Green [Martin 7] - Scriblers lash’d [Martin 48] - Content [Martin 17] - Richy and Sandy [Martin 25] - Familiar epistles [Martin 22] - Prologue [variant of Martin 42] - Bessy Bell and Mary Gray [Martin 28] - Young laird and Edinburgh Katy [Martin 54] - Patie and Roger [Martin 37] - Edinburgh’s salutation [Martin 31].
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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.