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TO A
YOUNG CLERGYMAN,
ON THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER AND A BRO-
THER, CRUSHED BY THE SUDDEN FALL OF
THEIR DWELLING-HOUSE.
How hard, Lorenzo, is the boon you ask,
And how unequal I to such a task ?
I, whose weak muse, borne down with weight of years,
O'er common griefs might shed some tender tears,
But finds her powers of lamentation fail,
And sinks and sickens at thy doleful tale ?
A Mother ! (ah, the venerable name,
Which my young lips were never taught to frame,)
She, whose warm bowels form'd thy infant span,
Whose tenderest watchings nurs'd thee up to man.
She, earthly image of the highest love,
Which ev'n the yearnings of a God could move I
A Brother, too ! the next congenial tie
Of strongest force in nature's symmetry 1
Thy partner thro' a course of prattling years.
In all youth's fondnesses, and all its fears !
TO A
YOUNG CLERGYMAN,
ON THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER AND A BRO-
THER, CRUSHED BY THE SUDDEN FALL OF
THEIR DWELLING-HOUSE.
How hard, Lorenzo, is the boon you ask,
And how unequal I to such a task ?
I, whose weak muse, borne down with weight of years,
O'er common griefs might shed some tender tears,
But finds her powers of lamentation fail,
And sinks and sickens at thy doleful tale ?
A Mother ! (ah, the venerable name,
Which my young lips were never taught to frame,)
She, whose warm bowels form'd thy infant span,
Whose tenderest watchings nurs'd thee up to man.
She, earthly image of the highest love,
Which ev'n the yearnings of a God could move I
A Brother, too ! the next congenial tie
Of strongest force in nature's symmetry 1
Thy partner thro' a course of prattling years.
In all youth's fondnesses, and all its fears !
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| Description | By the Reverend John Skinner. To which is prefixed, a sketch of the author's life, with some remarks on Scottish poetry. Edinburgh : Printed by John Moir and sold by Stuart Cheyne, 1809. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.175 |
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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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