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Now view the trembling vanquished crew
Kneel o'er their prostrate arms,
Implore respite of vengeance due •
For all these dire alarms.
Now, while Humanity's warm glow,
Half weeps the guilty slain,
Let Conquest gladden ev'ry brow,
And god-like Mercy feign. ~ - ~ t::
Thus Fancy paints that awful day— « rfjib
Yes, dreadful, should it cornel ~
But Britain's sons, in stern array,
Shall brave its darkest gloom.
Who fights, his native rights to save, j
His worth shall have its claim.
The Bard will consecrate his grave*
And mve his name to feme.
. . . .

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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.