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THE HEIR OF liDTNE.
His heart, I wis, was near to barst
With guilt and sorrowe, shame and sinne.
Never a word spake the heir of Linne,
Never a word he spake but three :
" This is a trusty friend indeed.
And is right welcome unto mee."
Then round his necke the corde he drewe,
And sprang aloft with his bodie :
When lo ! the ceiling burst in twaine,
And to the ground came tumbling hee.
Astonyed lay the heir of Linne,
Ne knewe if he were live or dead :
At length he looked, and saw a bille.
And in it a key of golde so redd.
He took the bill, and look it on,
Straight good comfort found he there :
Itt told him of a hole in the wall,
In which there stood three chests in-fere.
Two were full of the beaten golde,
The third was full of white money ;
And over them in broad letters
These words were written so plaine to see ;
" Once more, my sonne, I sette thee clere ;
Amend thy life and follies past ;
For but thou amend thee of thy life,
That rope must be thy end at last."
" And let it be," sayd the heir of Linne ;
" And let it be, but if I amend :
For here I will make mine avow,
This reade shall guide me to the end."
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His heart, I wis, was near to barst
With guilt and sorrowe, shame and sinne.
Never a word spake the heir of Linne,
Never a word he spake but three :
" This is a trusty friend indeed.
And is right welcome unto mee."
Then round his necke the corde he drewe,
And sprang aloft with his bodie :
When lo ! the ceiling burst in twaine,
And to the ground came tumbling hee.
Astonyed lay the heir of Linne,
Ne knewe if he were live or dead :
At length he looked, and saw a bille.
And in it a key of golde so redd.
He took the bill, and look it on,
Straight good comfort found he there :
Itt told him of a hole in the wall,
In which there stood three chests in-fere.
Two were full of the beaten golde,
The third was full of white money ;
And over them in broad letters
These words were written so plaine to see ;
" Once more, my sonne, I sette thee clere ;
Amend thy life and follies past ;
For but thou amend thee of thy life,
That rope must be thy end at last."
" And let it be," sayd the heir of Linne ;
" And let it be, but if I amend :
For here I will make mine avow,
This reade shall guide me to the end."
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Shelfmark | Glen.205(1) |
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Description | Illustrated with sketches, historical, traditional, narrative and biographical |
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Shelfmark | Glen.205(1-2) |
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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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