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(43) [Page 35] - Towser
MISCELLANEOUS POETRY,
TOJFSEB.
A TRUE TALE.
" #o.gs are honest Creatures*
Ne'er fawn on any that they love not ;
And I'm a friend to dogs,
They ne'er betray- their masters."
In mony an instance, without doubt,
The man may copy frae the brute,
And by th' example grow much wiser,
Then read ike short memoirs of Towser.
With defrence to our great Lavaters,
Wha judge a* mankind by their features,
There's mony a smiling, pleasant fac'd cock,
That wears a heart no worth a custock.
While mony a visage, antic, droll,
O'erveils a noble, gen'rous soul.

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Poems and songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect
DescriptionA notice respecting the life and writings of the author [by James Muir] is prefixed.
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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.