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SPIRIT OF THE NATION.
V.
In short, the world is one great ass-
emblage of hoaxed and hoaxing ninnies,
'Mong which even I myself am-ass
More bran than grist — more jokes than guineas ;
Still I don't mind — nor care to ass-
uage my distresses like your sobbers ?
Wrapped in my cloak, my grand cuir-ass,
I laugh at all — Eads., Whigs, and robbers.*
MY LAND.
I.
She is a rich and rare land ;
Oh ! she's a fresh and fair land ;
She is a dear and rare land —
This native land of mine.
II.
No men than her's are braver —
Her women's hearts ne'er waver ;
I'd freely die to save her.
And think my lot divine.
She's not a dull or cold land ;
No ! she's a warm and bold land ;
Oh ! she's a a true and old land —
This native land of mine.
IV.
Could beauty ever guard her.
And virtue still reward her,
No foe would cross her border —
No friend within it pine !
Robbers" — that is to say Tories. See the Gsehc.
V.
In short, the world is one great ass-
emblage of hoaxed and hoaxing ninnies,
'Mong which even I myself am-ass
More bran than grist — more jokes than guineas ;
Still I don't mind — nor care to ass-
uage my distresses like your sobbers ?
Wrapped in my cloak, my grand cuir-ass,
I laugh at all — Eads., Whigs, and robbers.*
MY LAND.
I.
She is a rich and rare land ;
Oh ! she's a fresh and fair land ;
She is a dear and rare land —
This native land of mine.
II.
No men than her's are braver —
Her women's hearts ne'er waver ;
I'd freely die to save her.
And think my lot divine.
She's not a dull or cold land ;
No ! she's a warm and bold land ;
Oh ! she's a a true and old land —
This native land of mine.
IV.
Could beauty ever guard her.
And virtue still reward her,
No foe would cross her border —
No friend within it pine !
Robbers" — that is to say Tories. See the Gsehc.
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| Description | [Poems] by the writers of the Nation newspaper. [Edited by Sir Charles G. Duffy.] [Ser. 1] |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.74(1) |
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| Description | Containing The spirit of the nation [Poems] and The spirit of the nation. Part 2. Being a second series of political songs and national ballads and The ballad poetry of Ireland |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.74(1-3) |
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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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