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There the lapwing, wheeling
O'er its tufted den,
Sees thee winding, stealing,
Down into the glen.
Leaving far behind thee
Moor and misty hill.
Lone, where few may find thee,
Sporting at thy will.
O'er the slant rocks sliding
Swift in arrowy spray,
Under moss-banks hiding,
Wimpling on thy way ;
Now, with gleesome glisten
'Neath the braken shade,
Lingering there to listen
Music from the glade.
Now, swift, onward bounding
Careless in thy sweep.
Joyfully resounding
O'er the crags ye leap ;
Then, slow reappearing
Ovit from tangled gloom,
'Mong the boulders steering.
Wreathed with snowy foam.
There, with golden dazzle,
Shines the sunny ray
Through the leafy hazel
Where ye lingering stray ;
There pale flow'rets blossom
In the mossy nook,
And upon thy bosom
Lady birch-trees look.
There the lapwing, wheeling
O'er its tufted den,
Sees thee winding, stealing,
Down into the glen.
Leaving far behind thee
Moor and misty hill.
Lone, where few may find thee,
Sporting at thy will.
O'er the slant rocks sliding
Swift in arrowy spray,
Under moss-banks hiding,
Wimpling on thy way ;
Now, with gleesome glisten
'Neath the braken shade,
Lingering there to listen
Music from the glade.
Now, swift, onward bounding
Careless in thy sweep.
Joyfully resounding
O'er the crags ye leap ;
Then, slow reappearing
Ovit from tangled gloom,
'Mong the boulders steering.
Wreathed with snowy foam.
There, with golden dazzle,
Shines the sunny ray
Through the leafy hazel
Where ye lingering stray ;
There pale flow'rets blossom
In the mossy nook,
And upon thy bosom
Lady birch-trees look.
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| Description | A collection of songs and other poetical pieces, many of which are original, accompanied with notes ... and a short essay on the poets of Renfrewshire. Originally published in 1819. Edited by William Motherwell. With a portrait. Second series. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.163 |
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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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