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THE DEFEAT.
From hill to hill the bugles sound
The soul-arousing strain,
The war-bred coursers paw the ground,
And, foaming, champ the rein.
Their steel-clad riders bound on high,
A bold defensive host,
"With valour fir'd, away they fly,
Like light'ning, to the coast.
And now they view the wide-spread lines
Of the invading foe,
Now skill with British brav'ry joins,
To strike one final blow.
Now on they rush with giant stroke-
Ten thousand victims bleed — ■
They trample on the iron yoke
Which France for us decreed.
THE DEFEAT.
From hill to hill the bugles sound
The soul-arousing strain,
The war-bred coursers paw the ground,
And, foaming, champ the rein.
Their steel-clad riders bound on high,
A bold defensive host,
"With valour fir'd, away they fly,
Like light'ning, to the coast.
And now they view the wide-spread lines
Of the invading foe,
Now skill with British brav'ry joins,
To strike one final blow.
Now on they rush with giant stroke-
Ten thousand victims bleed — ■
They trample on the iron yoke
Which France for us decreed.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Poems and songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect > (240) Page 232 - Defeat |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90348098 |
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| 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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