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Wi' a round rosy taj>, like a meikle black-hoyd,
It was slouch'd just a kenning' on either hand side}
Some maintaind it was blacky some maintaind it was blue.
It had something' o' haith as a body may trow.
Rut, in sooth, I assure yrai, lor ought that I saw,
Still his bonnet had naething uncommon ava;
Tho' the haill parish ralk'd o' Rob Roryvm's bonnet,
Twas a' for the marvellous head that was in it .
That head let it rest it is now in the moots,
Tho' in life a* the warld beside it were fools;
Vet 6' what kind o' -wisdom his head was possest,
Nane kend but himsel, sae there's nane that will misst.
But there's some still in life, wha eternally blame,
"VVha on huts and on |fs rear their fabric o' (ante;
To all such I inscribe this most beautiful sonnet,
To crown them the heirs o' Rob Roryson's bonnet.
^W'UjftJ I UUll'nUi:!'
T=g
p ■
^
■ i
^
1^
Wi' a round rosy taj>, like a meikle black-hoyd,
It was slouch'd just a kenning' on either hand side}
Some maintaind it was blacky some maintaind it was blue.
It had something' o' haith as a body may trow.
Rut, in sooth, I assure yrai, lor ought that I saw,
Still his bonnet had naething uncommon ava;
Tho' the haill parish ralk'd o' Rob Roryvm's bonnet,
Twas a' for the marvellous head that was in it .
That head let it rest it is now in the moots,
Tho' in life a* the warld beside it were fools;
Vet 6' what kind o' -wisdom his head was possest,
Nane kend but himsel, sae there's nane that will misst.
But there's some still in life, wha eternally blame,
"VVha on huts and on |fs rear their fabric o' (ante;
To all such I inscribe this most beautiful sonnet,
To crown them the heirs o' Rob Roryson's bonnet.
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91345757 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.217a |
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| Description | A selection from the vocal melodies of Scotland, ancient & modern, arr. for the piano forte. Compiled by R[obert] A[rchibald] Smith. Edinburgh : Robt. Purdie, [1820-1824]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.217-217a |
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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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