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deplore the frailty of human nature, we cannot ,fa$
fervently to wish that we may escape a lot from
which even virtue and genius are not exempt.
The miscellaneous poems are mostly occasional.
The topics were such as presented themselves in
the course of his humble life, and he hoped to give
them importance by the charms of rhyme or em-
bellishments of poetry. We are less interested
than the poet or his friends perhaps expected ; for
while they had associations of former joys and of
endearing friendships, the general reader comes to
their perusal with no such prepossessions.
A limited education, and confined views of life,
prevented him from acquiring that extensive infor-
mation that might enable him to rank among the
great and the moral poets. But what his situation
permitted him he has done, if not always to claim
admiration, at least to procure indulgence. While
his commendations are in favour of the useful duties
of life, his censure is calculated to repress some
more vulgar vices, or rectify the more common
faults.
deplore the frailty of human nature, we cannot ,fa$
fervently to wish that we may escape a lot from
which even virtue and genius are not exempt.
The miscellaneous poems are mostly occasional.
The topics were such as presented themselves in
the course of his humble life, and he hoped to give
them importance by the charms of rhyme or em-
bellishments of poetry. We are less interested
than the poet or his friends perhaps expected ; for
while they had associations of former joys and of
endearing friendships, the general reader comes to
their perusal with no such prepossessions.
A limited education, and confined views of life,
prevented him from acquiring that extensive infor-
mation that might enable him to rank among the
great and the moral poets. But what his situation
permitted him he has done, if not always to claim
admiration, at least to procure indulgence. While
his commendations are in favour of the useful duties
of life, his censure is calculated to repress some
more vulgar vices, or rectify the more common
faults.
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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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