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DIRGE.
Written on reading an Account of Robert Burns' Funeral.
Let grief for ever cloud the day,
That saw our Bard borne to the clay;
Let joy be banish'd every eye,
And Nature, weeping, seem to cry—
" He's gone, he's gone ! he's frae us torn !
" The ae best fellow e'er was born."
Let shepherds, from the mountain's steep,
Look down on widow'd Kith, and weep,
Let rustic swains their labours leave,
And sighing, murmur o'er his grave—
" He's gone, he's gone ! &c.
Let bonny Doon, and winding Ayr,
Their bushy banks in anguish tear,
While many a tributary stream,
Pours down its griefs to swell the theme—
" He's gone, he's gone ! &c.
DIRGE.
Written on reading an Account of Robert Burns' Funeral.
Let grief for ever cloud the day,
That saw our Bard borne to the clay;
Let joy be banish'd every eye,
And Nature, weeping, seem to cry—
" He's gone, he's gone ! he's frae us torn !
" The ae best fellow e'er was born."
Let shepherds, from the mountain's steep,
Look down on widow'd Kith, and weep,
Let rustic swains their labours leave,
And sighing, murmur o'er his grave—
" He's gone, he's gone ! &c.
Let bonny Doon, and winding Ayr,
Their bushy banks in anguish tear,
While many a tributary stream,
Pours down its griefs to swell the theme—
" He's gone, he's gone ! &c.
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| Description | Dirge. Written on reading an account of Robert Burns funeral. Title from first line. |
| Description | A notice respecting the life and writings of the author [by James Muir] is prefixed. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.139 |
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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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