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The Editor feels a strojtg desire to subjoin ano-
ther Elegiac lay from the same pen, occasion-
ed by the death of Mrs Skinner, wife of
Bishop Skinner, Aberdeen, the 4th day of
March 1807, written in August following.
Shall weary pilgrims on their way
Meet countless dangers as they go,
Yet wish they onward still may stray,
To kiss the shrine, and end their woe!
Shall man, to pain and trouble born,
Still to life's sunshine fondly trust !
Ev'n poets sing — u Man 's made to mourn,"
And dire experience proves it just.
Last eve I view'd a lovely spot,
But ah ! its charms have lost their pow'r,
Unless the past could be forgot,
And sorrow's clouds should cease to lour !
I saw the tree's refreshing shade,
I heard the birds melodious sing ;
I saw the mead with grain o'er spread,
The fruits, the flow'rs, and chrystal spring !
The Editor feels a strojtg desire to subjoin ano-
ther Elegiac lay from the same pen, occasion-
ed by the death of Mrs Skinner, wife of
Bishop Skinner, Aberdeen, the 4th day of
March 1807, written in August following.
Shall weary pilgrims on their way
Meet countless dangers as they go,
Yet wish they onward still may stray,
To kiss the shrine, and end their woe!
Shall man, to pain and trouble born,
Still to life's sunshine fondly trust !
Ev'n poets sing — u Man 's made to mourn,"
And dire experience proves it just.
Last eve I view'd a lovely spot,
But ah ! its charms have lost their pow'r,
Unless the past could be forgot,
And sorrow's clouds should cease to lour !
I saw the tree's refreshing shade,
I heard the birds melodious sing ;
I saw the mead with grain o'er spread,
The fruits, the flow'rs, and chrystal spring !
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| Description | Title from first line. |
| 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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