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A Tale of Three Bonnets in Four Cantos
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24 pages
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Ramsay, Allan, 1685-1758
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Glasgow: J. & M. Robertson
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1787
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Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow
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poetry
# of Woodcuts: 1
Architecture: house
Bib Context: title-page
Chapbook Date: 1781-1790
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: J. & M. Robertson
Fashion (Clothing): belted plaid
Fashion (Clothing): bonnet (military)
Fashion (Clothing): Highland attire
Fashion (Clothing): kilt
Fashion (Clothing): military
Gender: man/men
Nature: hill(s)
Nature: tree(s)
Occupation: soldier
Outdoor Scene
Weapons: shield(s)
Weapons: sword(s)
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THE
C
A
O
C
FAMILIAR
K
E
D
P I S T O L :
EPISTLE
TO
MR.
JAMES
MORTON,
Precentor in the Abbey Kirk, Paiflcv,
REQUESTING
HIS
ADVICE
ON
MATRIMONY;
WITH
H
I S
A
N S W
E
R,
CONTAINING
IlULES F Q R CHUSING A WIFE."
The Letter-gae
of Holy
.
Rhymfy
Sat up at the board-head^
Jind a hefaid ivas. thought a crime
To contradict indeed.
For in clark lear he ivas r'hwt prime,
uind cot?d haith ivrits and rfad.
C H R I S T ' S K I R K ON T H E
«-—
GLASGOW:
PRINTED
Brain
FOR
&
AND
SOLD
R d d .
BY
GREEN-
�E P I S T L E
pA
I
s
T O
L E
J. M .
r.
I.
D E A R Friend, ye'll hardly now remember,
You wrote to me in laft December;
But my Mufe, cauld as deeing ember,
Had tint her fpunk,
Or turn'd as lazy, lith and member,
As ane dead drunk,
II.
Your blythe Epiftle then I got,
As nice, I wat, as e'er was wrote,
Which I have without flaw or blot
Lodg'd in my min%
And learn'd quite perfe6t a' by rot,
Nae mair to tine.
III.
I'm glad to hear ye hae your HEALTH,
As that's " fuperior far to wealth,"
T o keep it—fhun a' fecret ftealth
That Quack; pretend,
And put nae faith in a' the filth
That Bettors vend.
IV.
Waes mel for thefe poor lucklefs chiels,
Compel?d to fight with drugs and pills,
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Young harum-fkarum daft run deels,
T o pleafure flavesj
For its purfuit o'er moiiy wheels
T o timelefs graves.
V.
A youngfter flands on kittle ground,
Strong the temptations him furround,
And in fuch plealing fhapes abound,
Alas! on trial,
How fiiall he to them a7 be found
T o give denial I
VI.
For fometime paft, I've ta'eja a notion,
On viewing Time in fleeting motion,
And finglelife a taftelefs potion,
And far frae good>
T o fome fweet lafs to pay devotion
In ferious mood.
VII.
For as temptations are fae rife,
T o fhun them a', I'd wifh a wife,
Wha'd half with me the ills of life,
As weel's its joys,
And bring me, to keep down a' ftrife,
Sweet girls and boys*
VIII.
Yet I wad rather bide my fate,
Than join in matrimonial flate,
With an ill-temper'd, canker'd mater
Of captious mood;
f o r then, I'm fure, I'd tine the gate
Of a' that's good.
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IX.
O how difgufting 'tis to fee
A man and wife who difagree!
They fcrateh and fight, and 'till they die
Ne'er end their ails,
Juft like twar cats hung o'er a tree
Tied by the tails.
X.
But O , how happy is the youth,
Whofe mate does all his forrows foothe?
His tide of life glides on full fmooth!
Her native charms,Sweet-fmiling innocence and truth,
Delight his arms.
XT.
0 may inch happy fate be mine,
As, aft ye've tauld me has been thine,
"At Fortune then I'll ne'er repine,
Whate'er fhe gie,
Nor care how aft fhe wane or ftiine,
A brown babee.
XII.
This fuhje&'s of fuch ferious fort,
1 beg ye'll think me not in fport,.
But fold that full and wife report
Ye weel can give,
And trouth, my friend, I'll thank ye f o r t
As lang's 1 live.
. .
XIII.
Waes me, I now my pen maun drcp,
T k o ' very laith I am to flop,
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But he that's hurried in a ftiop
Buying and felling,
Dare not to gie dame Fancy fcope,
T h o ' e'er fae willing.
XIV.
Meantime, that Marriage mayna ftan',
I beg ye'll write me, free affhan',
In hamely verfe, your wifeit plan,
And I'll be fteady,
F o r , like a COCKEI>PISTOL, man
I'm juft as ready.
GLASGOW.
W .
R.
A N S W E R
FROM
J. M .
PAISLEY,
T O T H E PRECEDING
EPISTLE,
CONTAINING RULES FOR CHUSING A WIFE,
I.
W H A N E'ER, my Friend, I cooft my e'e
On thy Epiftle fent to me,
In ftyle fae pithy, frank and free,
Sae couth and clever,
I fwore that ye in poetrie
Wadftiinefor ever.
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II.
Your caution's glide my " health to raife
" Mind not what Quack or Doctor fays.
As I hae feckly a' my days
Kend nae difeafe,
I pity ony cliiel wha pays
Their coflly feesi
III.
W o w but it gied me joy to hear
Your reafoning fae jull and clear
On youth's temptations, which I fear
O'er few withftand;
A wife's the thing a man to chear
In love's faft band.
IV.
Few rules for courting ye can heed,
While on your ftiouthers fic a head,
Sin' ye are not o'er-run wi' greed
O ' gowd and filler,
W o o wha ye like, ye maun come fpeed,
Gin ye haud till
V.
But O ! avoid a gilly-gawky, .
Or faft indulged raammie's tawpy,
Perchance inclin'd to tafte the whauky:
And ne'er ca' thine
Her wha parades upo* the caufeway,
For fake t)' fhine*
VI.
Wale not a wit—and fhun an afs,
But take fome thrifty fonfy lafs>.
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W h a lets not precious minutes pafs
Herfel' adorning,
By glowring twa hours in the glafs
On ilka morning,
VII.
Altho' misfortune's Ihould be rife,
Still hath the married man belt life,
For 'midli a' fortune's plague and llrife,
He ftill hath pleafure,
And finds his thrifty virtuous wife
A real treafure.
VIII.
Gin fie a gude lafs fill your arms,
Ye'll never tire o* her fweet charms;
Your mind fhe'll lirive in all alarms
T o mak' it eafy,
And keep ye out o ' many harms
That fair might teeze
IX.
I low great's the pleafure of this life
Blefl v. ith a chafte and virtuous wife,
When pledges of your love fu' rife
Tott round tne table,
Liipicg their fma' tauk free o' llrife,
As weel's they're able
X.
When to your meals ye do come in,
Ye'll a* things in nice order fin',
Your childer a' ambitious rin,
T o jump your knees,
And every thing the Louie within,
Confpir.es to pleafe.
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XI.
And then when ye come hame at e'en,
The fire is briik, the hearthftane clean,
And every thing a' braw and been,
The weans too bedded
Syne down ye fit, and crack bedeen,
How a's been fteaded.
XII.
Compare this wi' thefe ftupid chiels,
Wha're fighting clofe wi' drugs and pills,
And rin to ruin on their heels,
0 fy for fliame!
T notice that ye ca' them de'ils,
1 do the fame.
XIII.
T o Marriage then, mak nae mair Hand,
But tak' fome lafiie by the hand,
T h o ' neither rich in gowd or land,
To" her haud fteady,
A s PISTOL COCK'D, and on demand,
M y lug file's ready.
XIY.
N o w , my.gude friend, as an adieu,
I'll fay I've gi'en advice to you,
Which I am fure ye'll never rue,
As lang's ye live:
On trial, if 'tis not found true,
Me ne'er believe.
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The cocked pistol: a familiar epistle to mr. James Morton, precentor in the Abbey Kirk, Paisley, requesting his advice on matrimony; with his answer, containing rules for chosing a wife.
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Quote on front page: "The Letter-gae of Holy Rhyme, Set up at the board-head, And a' he faid was thought a crime To contradict indeed. For in clark lear he was right prime, And con'd baith write and read. Christ's Kirk on the Green."
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8 pages
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1795 per National Library of Scotland
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Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow
Courtship and Marriage
Poetry
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Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario
# of Woodcuts: 0
Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Genre: romance
Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Brash & Reid
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Domejlic Happinefs
Exhibited\
I N
1.
THE
FIRESIDE.
A POJLM.
BY D R . C O T T O N *
H.
JOHN ANDERSON, MY JOE.
IMPROVED.
BY R O B E R T B U R N S .
G L A S G O W :
H I N T E D FOR A N D SOLD BY
Brafli & Reid.
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THE
FIRESIDE.
r.
D k A R Cloe, while the b u f y croud*
T h e vain, the w e a l t h y , and the p r o u d .
In folly's maze advance;
T h o ' fingularity and p r i d e
Ee call'd our choice, we'll ftep afide,
N o r join the giddy dance.
II.
F r o m the gay world we'll oft retire
T o our own family and fire,
W h e r e love our hours e m p l o y s ;
N o noify neighbour enters here,
N o intermeddling Granger n e a r ,
T o fpoil our heartfelt joys.
III.
If fobd happinefs we p r i z e ,
W i t h i n our breafi this jewel lies,
And they are fools who roam ;
T h e world hath n o t h i n g to beftow,
From our own felves our blifs mud-flow^
A n d that dear hut our home.
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IV.
Of reft: was N o a h ' s dove b e r e f t ,
W h e n with impatient wing f h e left
T h a t fafe r e t r e a t , the a r k ;
Giving her vain excursions o ' e r ,
T h e d i f a p p o j n t e d bird once m o r e
E x p l o r ' d t h e facred b a r k .
V.
Tho* fools f p u r n H y m e n ' s gentle powers.
W e , w h o i m p r o v e his golden hours,
By fweet experience k n o w ,
T h a t marriage, rightly u n d e r f t o o d ,
Gives to t h e t e n d e r and the good*
A p a r a d i f e below.
VI.
Our babes fliall richefl comforts b r i n g ;
If t u t o r ' d right they'll prove a f p r i n g ,
W h e n c e pleafures ever rife :
W e ' l l form their minds w i t h ftudious c a r ^
T o all that's manly, good, and fair,
A n d train t h e m for the ikies.
VII.
While they our wifeft hours engagd,
T h e y ' l l joy our y o u t h , f u p p o r t ourage$
A n d crown our h o a r y hairs;
T h e y ' l l grow in virtue every d a y ,
A n d thus our fondeft loves repay s
A n d recompense our cares*
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VIII.
Mo borrowed joys! t h e y ' r e all o u r own 8
W h i l e to t h e world we live Unknown,
Or by the world f o r g o t :
M o n a r c h s ! we envy not y o u r ftatey
W e look with pity on the G r e a t ,
A n d blefs o u r h u m b l e lot.
IX.
O u r portion is not large, indeed,
But then how little do we need,
For N a t u r e ' s calls are few !
In this the art of living lies,
T o want no more than m a y fuffice s
A n d make that little do.
X.
W e ' l l t h e r e f o r e felifli with content*
Whate*er kind P r o v i d e n c e has fertt^
N o r aim beyond our power ;
f o r if our (lock be very fmall,
?
Tis p r u d e n c e to enjoy it all,
N o r Iofe the prefent h o u r .
tt.
to be refign'd when ills betide,
P a t i e n t when favours are d e n y ' d ,
A n d pleas'd with favours given
D e a r Cloe, this is wifdom's p a r t ,
"jphis is that incenfe of the h e a r t ,
W h o l e fragrance f m e l k to heaven.
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XII.
W e ' l l afk no long-protra&ed treaty
Since winter-life is feldom f w e e t ;
But when our feaflis o'er,
G r a t e f u l from table we'll arife,
N o r grudge our fons, with envious eyes t
T h e relics of our (lore*
XIII.
T h u s h a n d in hand t h r o ' life we'll g o ;
Its checkered paths of joy and woe
W i t h cautious fteps we'll t r e a d ;
Q u i t its vain fcenes without a tear,
W i t h o u t a trouble, or a fear,
A n d mingle with the dead.
XIV.
W h i l e confc?ence, like a faithful f r i e n d /
Shall t h r o ' the gloomy vale a t t e n d ,
A n d cheer our dying b r e a t h ;
Shall, when all other comforts ceafej
iLike a kind angel w h i f p e r peace,
A ^ d f m o o t h the bed of d e a t h .
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�JOHN ANDERSON, MY JOE,
X MP R 0 r E D.
I.
J O H N A n d e r f o n , rny joe, J o h n , I wonder w h a t
you mean,
T o rife fo foon in the m o r n i n g , and fit up fo late at
e'en,
Ye'll blear out a* y o u r een, J o h n , and why f h o u l d
you do fo,
© a n g fooner to y o u r bed at e'en, J o h n A n d e r f o n , m y
joe.
It.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , w h a n natiirc fir&
began
T o t r y her canny h a n d , J o h n , h e r mailer-work
was rian ;
A n d you amang them a s J o h n , fo trig f r a e t a p to
toe,
She p r o v ' d to be nae j o u r n e y - w o r k , J o h n A n "
4terfoB s my joe.
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III.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , m y joe, J o h n , ye w e r e m y firfl
conceit,
A n d ye need na t h i n k it ftrange, J o h n , tho* I ca*
ye trim and neat ;
Tho* fbme fock fay ye're a u l d , J o h n , I never t h i n k
ye fo,
But I t h i n k y e ' r e ay t h e fame to me, J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe.
IV.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , m y joe, J o h n , we've feen our b a i r n s
bairns,
A n d yet my dear, John A n d e r f o n , I'm h a p p y in
y o u r arms,
A n d fae are ye in mine, J o h n , I'm f u r e ye'll n e ' e r
fay no,
T h o ' t h e days are gane that we hae feen, J o h n
A n d e r f o n , my joe.
V.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , w h a t p l e a f u r e d o e s
it gie»
T o fee fae mony f p r o u t s , J o h n , f p r i n g u p ' t w e e n
you and m e ,
A n d ilka lad and lafs, J o h n , in o u r footfteps to go
Makes p e r f e A heaven Jiere on e a r t h , J o h n Ajv*
d e r f o n , my joe.
VI.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , w h e n we were firft
acquaint,
Y o u r locks were like the r a v e n , y o u r b o n n y b r o w
was b r e n t .
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But now y o u r head's t u r n ' d bald, J o h n , y o u r locks
are like t h e fnow,
Yet bleffings on y o u r frofty p o w , J o h n A n d e r f o n ,
m y joe,
VII.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , f r a e y e a r to year
we've part,
A n d Toon that year raaun come, J o h n , will b r i n g
us to our laft,
But let n a ' that affright us J o h n , our hearts were
n e ' e r o u r foe,
W h i l e in innocent delight y/e liv'd, J o h n A n d e r fon, my joe,
VIII.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , we clarnb the hill
thegither,
A n d mony a canty day, J o h n , we've had vvi' ane
anither;
N o w we maun totter down, J o h n , b u t hand in
b a n d we'll go,
^ n d we'll fleep thegither at the foot, J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe.
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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Cotton, Nathaniel, 1705-1788.
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�P R E F A T O R Y
N O T E .
THE traditions here, respecting the death of Marjory Bruce, are
very scanty. It is said that in hunting, near Renfrew, her horse got
entangled in a mire, or morass, by which she was violently thrown
from her saddle, and that she immediately thereafter expired, having
first given birth to a son, who was afterwards Robert 11. of Scotland.
Her remains, and also her effigy, still lie in the Sounding Aisle of our
Abbey Church. The effigy rests upon what was once, doubtless, the
altar of the church. The place where she met her untimely death is
still shown in a comer of one of the fields of the Knock Farm, and
is, as described by Baston, on the slope of the hill looking towards
Renfrew, and is still a mire. Till within these 40 or 50 years, a
stone cross marked the fatal spot. This cross has been carefully,
though unsuccessfully searched for by the present intelligent occupier of the Knock Farm.
Marjory Bruce, along with her mother, was taken prisoner after the
unfortunate battle of Methven, and carried into England. After the
battle of Bannockburn, however, they were both released ; on which
occasion Walter, the Lord High Steward of Scotland, who was much
trusted by Bruce, and who commanded the centre wing of the Scotch
army on that memorable occasion, was sent to meet them on the border, and conduct them to Stirling Castle, where the Scottish court
then was. It was then, doubtless, that that mutual attachment was
formed betwixt the hero and heroine of Baston's poem, which, in the
following year, issued in their marriage. They had been married only about nine months, when the birth of a child, under the
melancholy circumstances described, took place. From the consideration of this incident, we may exclaim with Cicero—
" Quae eximia plerisque et prsaclara videntur, parva ducere."
Had Marjory Bruce's horse fallen a little differently from what it
did, the infant in the womb might have been destroyed. We would
then have had no Stewart dynasty; and what the history of our
country would then have been, who can conjecture ?
How eventful! how instructive to princes and to nations, the history of that wide-spreading dynasty, from the time its first seed was
dropped on the banks of the Cart, to the time its main stem was
hewn down on the banks of the Boyne.
P A I S L E Y , 1839.
�THE
DEATH OF MARJORY BRUCE.
SOUTH BRIDGE,
EDINBURGH,
17th N o v . , 1838.
(To the Editor of the Paisley Advertiser.)
SIR,—Having, recently, made a curious literary
discovery, in connexion with your locality, I think
it but fair that it should be put into your hands.
Your readers are, in general, aware, that Edward
the I I . , in that march into Scotland which terminated in the battle of Bannockburn, brought along with
him a poet of the name of Baston, to celebrate in
verse his anticipated victory ; and that this unlucky
bard fell into the hands of the Scots, who punished
him in a very appropriate way, by making him write
a set of verses, in celebration of their victory over
his countrymen. This poem still remains : beginning
thus:—
" De planctu cudo metrum cum carmine nudo,
Risum retrudo, dam tali themate ludo."
W e say all this is well known to most of your
readers ; but few of them, we dare say, know that
this Baston, during his abode in Scotland, had his
domicile in the castle of Renfrew, the then principal
seat of the Lord High Steward of Scotland: that he
was residing there, when the death of his noble hostess took place, by her horse falling upon her as she
�rode from Paisley homewards ; and that he composed a set of Latin verses on that melancholy occasion,
in which he, most likely, describes what he had actually witnessed. Now we have had the good fortune to
find a copy of these verses which had so long- remained concealed, though often sought for by our
antiquaries.
We have made a free translation of
this poem. It is, perhaps, rather too long for your
paper, but, if you choose, you may publish it. You
must have still various floating traditions about the
sad catastrophe to which it relates ; and it may be
curious to compare these with the actual facts, as
related by a competent eye-witness. Some useful
conclusions might perhaps be deduced, on the nature
of evidence from such a comparison.
Yours, truly,
GEORGE
THOMSON.
[The lamentable death of Marjory Bruce, daughter of King
Robert the Bruce, and wife to Walter, the Lord High Steward of Scotland, which happened near to the Castle of Renfrew, on Mid-Summer eve, in the year 1316.]
'Twas even tide, the long bright day
"Was passing like a saint away ;
Still as it faded smiling meeker,
And touched with raptures holier, deeper ;
The sun ne'er built him fairer bowers,
To linger out eve's farewell hours,
The cloud-wove curtains of the sky,
Were never dipped in richer die,
And never did the peaks below
Dissolve amid so bright a glow.
From where the distant mountain's blue,
Emboldening meets the verdant hue
Of old Kilpatrick's woody slope,
To the Mistilaw's lone, western cope,
�The heavens a prophet's vision seems,
Or pageant of the world of dreams.
Full from that sanctuary of light,
With levell'd aim, superbly bright,
A glory o'er the green land pours,
Gilding its spires and banner'd towers.
Clyde like a vine-tinged current flows,
Like gold old Paisley's Abbey glows.
Swift slaunting, as a path-way meet
For some descending angel's feet,
Through its broad window pour'd the ray
Amid the long-ranged pillars grey,
To one wide warm empassion'd smile,
Flushing the cold dim western aisle.
It onward streamed, its mellow fire
A t length slept in the hallowed choir,
But, ere it kissed the sacred ground,
It met and beamed a glory round—
A rich-rob'd, Queen-like one, whose knee,
In midst of that fair sanctuary,
On cloth of gold is meekly bent,
Like some imploring penitent.
Her maidens and her knightly band,
With reverence deep at distance stand,
Nor Queen nor penitent is she,
But the fair Lady Marjory ;
A Bruce in soul as well as name,
Of meek but yet majestic mein.
The noblest knight in all the land,
The princely Stewart won her hand ;
And, soon, in hope's exulting glow
She waits a Mother's joy to know.
The mass is said, the vesper hymn
Floats mellow through the arches dim,
Soft mingling with the organ's swell,
Bidding the day a sweet farewell;
Whilst through the silent, gazing throng
The priestly train slow moves along,
T o seek the cloister's calm retreat,
Or silent cell for musing meet.
Then following came a noble band,
The grace, the beauty of the land,
Fair maidens in life's blooming May,
Like flowers woo'd by the morning ray,
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All blushing freshness, yet each face
Was solemn like the saintly place ;
As soft as falling snow they tread,
Each by a youthful warrior led,
Whose iron tramp, with ringing sound,
Startles the tomb-like echoes round.
But like the moon, serenely bright,
Calm gliding 'mid the stars of night,
Amid that glittering company
Slow paced the Lady Marjory.
Her placid brow, uplifted eye,
Spoke of high commerce with the sky,
Whilst the quick flushings of her cheek
Earth's hopes and anxious fears bespeak.
Now, 'twixt the western turret's hoar
They issue through the deep-arched door,
And never did a scene more bland
E'en in earth's richest climes expand
Than that fair one which round them lay
Like eye-enrapturing melody.
E'en like an angel's kiss, the air
Met the warm brow, and sounds were there,
Like angel-whispers, lover's-vows,
Heard 'mid the gently swinging boughs ;
Whilst, in soft harmony below,
Was heard the darkening river's flow,
And oft the mellow piping thrush
Pour'd forth her lay from shady bush,
A flood of music, liquid, clear,
Thrilling the calm air far and near.
Each lady reins her palfrey light,
Quick on his steed has sprung each knight ;
Along the green path, down the stream,
Like dreamers of some bright day-dream,
So, slowly, silently they ride
Onward to Renfrew's halls of pride,
Where, emblem of the Stewart's power,
His banner waves o'er massy tower.
Behind the far hills of Argyle
The sun had set, but still the smile,
Like hectic flush on beauty's cheek,
Of fading light plays round each peak ;
�Sweet as an infant's laughing eye,
Eve's dewy star beam'd down the sky.
Like visions, that in glory J^laze
Before ambition's fervid gaze,
And whilst he grasps them, melt away—
The crimson west had chang'd to grey.
And now they reach the sloping green,
Whence the broad castle's walls are seen
Their dark and massive bulk to heave ;
While, through the mellowing tints of eve,
They seem aerial halls pil'd high,
That mock the gazer's, wildered eye.
But, hark ! clear through the forest borne
Is heard the blast of bugle horn,
And in the garb of Lincoln green,
A weary hunting band is seen :
The note, from her long reverie,
Has roused the lady Marjory.
It is the blast she loves to hear,
That tell's her that her lord is near.
With joy she sees his coming train—
Slacks her impatient palfrey's rein;
That, long close curb'd, now bounds away
Like unleash'd hound upon his prey.
Nor answers now the guiding rein
But with high bound and proud-toss'd mane.
Though plunging on with furious speed,
Long trained to rein a mettled steed,
The graceful rider, firm, erect,
Calm, seeks his headlong course to check.
Forth springs a knight to seize her rein,
But ere his hand her hand could gain,
Still sweeping on with furious speed,
Deep in a mire had plunged her steed.
He falls, rolls o'er, and, woe the day !
His noble rider 'neath him lay.
T o aid, all wildly rush around,
And quickly from their saddles bound.
Her frantic maidens' scream of fear
Has reached the good Lord Steward's ear :
He starts—he sees the hurrying throng,
With arrow speed he spurs along :
�He speeds—but faster still life's tide
Is ebbing in his youthful bride !
But when his tones pf love she hears,
And meets his eye all drowned in tears,
And feels his thrilling warm embrace,
A flush plays o'er her livid face,
Like flowers that o'er a lone grave blow,
Or sunbeam on a wreath of snow.
A s waking from a troubled dream,
Her dark soft eye's dilated beam
Meets his mute gaze, and, bright'ning; still,
Like morning o'er the eastern hill,
I t pours, at length, so strange a light,
So bland, yet so intensely bright,
Her soul seemed to a seraph turned,
And with a seraph's rapture burned,
Pours like the glowing spirits above,
The tongueless eloquence of love.
And voiceless too, like spell-bound band,
All motionless her maidens stand.
They heave no sigh, they shed no tear,
D e e p awe has mastered grief and fear ;
Almost arrested, pulse and breath
And given each cheek the hue of death.
The spell is broke—they hear a moan—
And lo ! those eyes they gazed upon
A r e soulless ! pall'd in death's black night,
Is she who was the centre bright
That held a nation's gaze,—the one
"Who, like the summer's morning sun,
W o k e harmony, and joy, and love,
Where'er her graceful steps might move.
But life and death, strange mingle : lo !
A joy blends with the bitter woe.
A cherub smiles, an heir is born;
A s from eve's shades had sprung the morn.
T o Scotland, thus, by pitying Heaven,
A future hero may be given.
Sum Carmelita, B A S T O N cognomine dictus
Qui doleo vita in tali strage relictus.
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Paisley: J. Neilson
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Courtship and Marriage
Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329
Poetry
Chapbooks - Scotland - Paisley
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Chapbook Date: 1831-1840
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Genre: romance
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THE
HOLLANDER $
SAB'S DOOR,
THE INSULTED
PEDLAR,
LANG MILLS DETECTED,
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^ t e ^ ' y ^ g * ^
Yes, while I live, no rich or sordid knave
Shall walk the world in credit to his grave.
POPE,
PAISLEY:
published
by n, smith $ m.
1B32.
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�THE
S H A R K,
YE Weaver blades ! ye noble chiels!
Wha fill our lann wi* plenty,
And mak our vera barest fiel's
To wave wi' ilka dainty,
Defend yoursels ! Tak sicker heed !
I warn you as a brither,
Or SHARK'S resolved, wi' hellish greed,
To gorge us a' thegither,
At ance this day.
In gude's-name will we ne'er get free
O' thieves and persecution !
Will Satan never let a be
To plot our dissolution !
Ae scoun'rel sinks us to the pit,
Wi' his eternal curses,
Anither granes,—and prays,—-and .yet
Contrives to toom our purses,
Maist every day.
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A higher aim gars WILLY think,
And deeper schemes he's brewin j
Ten thousan' fouk at ance to sink
To poverty and ruin !
Hail mighty Patriot! Noble Soul!
Sae generous, and sae civil,
Sic vast designs deserve the whole
Applauses of the devil,
On ony day.
In vain we've toil'd wi' head and heart,
And constant deep inspection,
For years on years, to bring this Art
So nearly to perfection ;
The mair that Art and Skill deserve,
The greedier WILL advances,
And Saws and Barrels only serve
To heighten our expences
And wrath this day,
But know, to thy immortal shame,
While stands a Paper-Spot
So long, great Squeeze the Poor ! thy fame*
Thy blasted fame shall rot,
And as a brick, or limestane kill
Wi* sooty reek advances,
So grateful shall thy mem'ry still
Be to our bitter senses,
By night or day.
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Lang, WILLY SHARK wi' greedy snout
Had sneak'd about the C—n—1,
To eat his beef, and booze about, ^
Nor prov'd at drinking punGh ill,
Till, Judas-like, he got the bag,
And squeez'd it to a Jelly,
Thae war the days for WILL to brag.,
And blest times for the belly
Ilk ither day.
The mail* we get by heule and cruk
e af'en grow the greedier,
SHARK raiket now through every neuk
To harl till him speedier ;
His ghastly conscience, pale and spent,
Was summon'd up, right clever,
Syne, wi' an execration, sent
Aff, henceforth and for ever,
Frae him that day.
This done, Trade snoovt awa wi* skill
And wonderfu' extention,
And widen't soon WHS every Mill,
(A dexterous invention !)
Groat after groat, was clippet aff,
Frae ae thing an' ani'tber,
Till fouk began to think on draff,
To help to baud thegither
Their banes that day.
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Now, round frae Cork to Cork he trots
Wi' eagerness and rigour,
And Rump the Petticoats and Spots !"
His Sharkship roar'd wi' vigour ;
But, whan his Harnishes cam in
In dizens in a morning,
And a' grew desolate aud grim,
His rapture chang'd to mourning
And rage that day.
Thus Haman, in the days of yore,
Pufft up wi' spitefu' evil,
Amang his blackgaurd, wicked core
Centriv'd to play the devil;
High stood the Gibbet's dismal cape,
But little thought the sinner
That he had caft the vera rape
Wad rax his neck, e're dinner
Was ower that day.
Wha cou'd believe a Chiel «ae trig
Wad cheat us o' a bodle ?
Or that sae fair a gowden wig
Contain'd sae black a noddle?
But S H A R K beneath a sleekit smile
Conceals his fiercest ginning,
And, like his neighbours of the Nile,*
Devours wi' little warning
By night or day.
* A well-known river much infested by Crocodi!
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O huppy is that man and blest
Wha in the C—n—1 gets him !
Soon may he cram his greedy kist
And dare a soul to touch him,
But should some poor aul wife, by force
O' POortith, scrimp her measure,
Her cursed Reels at P — y Corse,
Wad bleeze wi* meikle pleasure
To them that day.
Whiles, in my sleep, methinks I see
Thee marching through the City,
And Hangman Jock, wi' girnan glee,
Proceeding to his duty.
I see thy dismal phiz, and back,
While Jock, his stroke to strengthen,
Brings down his brows at every swack,
"I'll learn you frien' to lengthen
Your Mills the day."
Poor Wretch ! in sic a dreadfu' hour
O' blude and dirt and hurry,
What wad thy saftest luks or sour
Avail to stap their fury ?
"Lang Mills," wad rise around thy lugs
In mony a horrid volley,
And thou be kicket to the dugs,
To think upo' thy foily
Ilk after day.
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�Ye Senators ! whase wisdom deep
Keeps a' our matters even,
If sic a wretch ye dare to keep
How can ye hope for heaven ?
Kick out the scoun'erel to his shift,
We'll pay him for his sporting,
And sen' his Mills and him adrift
At ance to try their fortune
Down Cart this day.
Think, thou unconscionable SHARK !
For heaven's sake bethink thee !
To what a depth of horrors dark
Sic wark will surely sink thee—
Repent of sic enormous sins,
And drap thy curst intention,
Or faith I fear, wi' birslt shins,
Thou'l mind this reprehension
Some future day.
�THE
AMERICAN BLUE-BIRD.
When Winter's cold tempests and snows
are no more,
Green meadows, and brown furrowed
fields re-appearing,
The fisherman haling their shade to the shore
And cloud.cleaving geese to the lakes are
a-steering
When first the lone butterfly flits on the
wing,
When red glow the maples, so fresh and
so pleasing,
O then comes the Blue-bird, the herald of
Spring,
And hails with his warblings the charms
of the season.
Then loud piping frogs make the marshes to
ring;
Then warm glows the sunshine, and fine
is the weather;
�The blue woodland flowers just beginning
to spring,
And spicewood and sasafras budding together
O then to your gardens, ye housewives, repair ;
Your walks border up; sow and plant at
your leisure;
The Blue-bird will chant from his box such
an air,
That all your hard toils will seem truly
a pleasure.
He flits thro' the orchard, he visits each tree
The red flowering peach, and the apple's
sweet blossoms;
He snaps up destroyers wherever they be,
And seizes the caitiffs that lurk in their
bosoms;
He drags the vile grub from the corn it devours,
The worms from their webs where they
riot and welter.
His song and his services freely are ours,
And all that he asks, is, in summer, a
shelter.
is pleas'd when he gleams
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Now searching the furrows—now mounting to chear him,
The gard'ner delights in his sweet simple
strain,
And leans on his spade to survey and to
hear him,
The slow ling'ring schoolboys forget they'll
be chid,
While gazing intent as he warbles before
'em,
In mantle of sky-blue, and bosom so red,
That each little loiterer seems to adore him
When all the gay scenes of the summer are
o'er,
And Autumn slow enters so silent and
sallow,
And millions of warblers, that charm'd ua
before,
Have fled in the train of the sun-seeking
swallow;
The Blue-bird forsaken, yet true to his home
Still lingers, and looks for a milder tomorrow,
Till, forc'd by the horrors of winter to roam
He sings his adieu in a lone note of sorrow.
While Spring's lovely season, serene, dewy,
warm,
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The green face of earth, and the pure
blue of Heaven,
Or Love's native music have influence to
charm,
Or Sympathy's glow to our feelings are '
given,
Still dear to each bosom the Blue-bird shall
be.
His voice, like the thrillings of hope, is a
treasure;
For, thro* bleakest storms, if a calm he but
see.
He comes to remind us of sunshine and
pleasure.
C A L D W E L L , PRINTER.
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The Hollander; Hab's Door, The Insulted Pedlar, Lang Mills Detected.
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1832
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Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813
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Quote at bottom of title-page: "Yes, while I live, no rich or sordid knave Shall walk the world in credit to his grave. Pope."
"By Alex Wilson" in pen on title-page.
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The Hollander
Hab's door
The insulted pedlar
Lang Mills detected
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Chapbook #51 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
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12 pages
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Cork, Ireland
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Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Paisley: R. Smith & Co.
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Chapbooks - Scotland - Paisley
Poetry
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Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario
# of Woodcuts: 0
Chapbook Date: 1831-1840
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Publisher - Paisley: R. Smith & Co.
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T O V E L Y power, that o'er the heart,
With gentle defpotifm reigns,
And, with manners void of art,
Leads mankind in willing chains:
II.
Lovely power, of fweetefl joys,
The courteous fmile, the eye benign,
The accent foft, th' affenting voice,
Th' attentive, affable de%n:
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III.
Gentle power, poffefs my breaft,
And, images of foftnefc raife,
And, banifh thence each thought unbleft,
While I ling in Mary's praife.
IV.
I feek not beauty's power to trace,
Tho' of beauty fhe has flore :
Small's beauty's power, and foon its grace,
Will lofe its charm to chafm no more.
V.
Nor praife I yet her wealth, or birth,
Poor the triumphs they beftow,
She prides not things fo void of worth,
Nor ftoops my inufe to praife fo low,
VI.
Nor yet the witty things fhe fays
Seek I on the lyre to found,
Wit is a momentary blaze,
A fpark that dazzles but to wound.
VII.
Let wit, ne'er touch thy firings, my lyre,
A fatal fpark, however its fame,
And O! it kindles many a fire,
Where withers many a lovely name.
VIII.
Thy firings, my lyre, ne'er found its praife,
Wit many a blufning pang hath given,
Drawn many a fon from virtue's ways,
And many a daughter fit for heaven.
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Let wit, my lyre, ne'er touch thy firings,
'Mid many a wild, and many a thorrt^
Its wandering votaries it brings,
And leaves a phantom in return.
X.
I praife thee, Mary, not for wit;
Good humour'd fenfe is better far,
And that thou haft with manners fit^
Manners mild as morning-ftar.
XI.
It is becaufe thou'rt virtue's child.
Virtue in her fofteft drefs,
Virtue, lovely, fweet and mild,
Virtue, feeking how to blefs*
XII.
The foft addrefs, the fmiling eyes,
The manners gentle and benign,
In thefe, a woman's glory lies,
And thefe, fweet Mary, all are thine.
XIII.
Stealing upon the heart they feize,
With windings foft, yet clofely wove,
When lovely woman {loops to pleafe
The hardeft heart mull bend to love.
XIV.
O! why then lovely females, wander
From where your pride and glory lies^
Why leave the gentle, foft meander,
For boift'rous feas, and ftormy fkies.
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XXI.
Cold difdain and looks of ftate,
Laughter boifTrous, noify wit,
Proud negledt, or loud debate,
Ah! lovely woman ill befit.
XVI.
Sweet courtefy, and winning fmlles,
Manners foft, and void of art—
Thefe, are Love's engaging wiles,
Thefe are they which win the heart.
XVII.
But rougher talks, O! furely never,
For fweet woman were ordain'd.
You lofe by driving to be clever,
What your native charms had gain'cL
XVIII.
Nature made ye gentle creatures,
Take the way where nature leads,
Maidens, view your lovely features,
And feek the vales and fiow'iy meads*
XIX.
Sweetly, flows the foft meander,
On its banks grow every flower,
There, the loves and graces wander,
There, arifes Venus' bower.
XX.
And there, fweet Mary, thou doft {tray,
No mafc'line airs doft thou affume,
Sweet Mary bends her graceful way
Where violets and lilies bloom.
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XXI.
No cold difdain or haughty mien,
On Mary's brow yet ever fate,
Nor proud negled, in her was feen
To children of a lowly fate.
XXII.
For, well fhe argued, birth and power,
And riches, ne'er for pride were given;
The {hining pageants of an hour,
Talents lent by favouring heaven.
XXIII.
Nor e'er the wit did Mary try,
Which flains the model! cheek with fhame,;
Far lefs what with a varnifh'd lie
Difcolours all a fpotiefs name.
XXIV.
Ah! no, for a much nobler end,
Her wit the lovely Mary us'd;
To cheer the humble, or defend
The fame of innocence abus'd.
XXV.
Qft, have I fat, and, with an eye*
Of filent pieafure, on her gaz'd,
While the bent flower of modeft dye,
All drooping, fhe has gently rais'd.
XXVI.
How oft delighted have I fat,
And view'd the charmer's gentle fchefnes,
To lead the humble to forget
And. flill his fears in pleafing dreams*
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XXVII.
How oft delighted have I feen
Her fondly take the fallen's part,
With quickeft thought, and nobleft mien,
And yet with fuch a gentle art—
XXVIII.
A manner, fearful to ofFend,
Yielding, yet firm, to virtue's right,
She argued only to befriend,
Delighting, only to delight.
XXIX.
0 lovely maid! oft have I turn'd,
Prom brows of haughty fcorn to thee,
When infults in my bofom burn'd,
For haughty looks have wounded jne.
XXX.
And infults haughty looks I deem,
And cold replies, or proud negle&,
More galling far, becaufe they feem
Convey'd with manners of r e f p e d - ^
XXXI.
1 turn'd, and found a gentle balm,
That 'jfwag'd the tumults of my bread,
Thy fweet replies, bade all be calm.
Thy fmiles, reftor'd my foul to reft.
XXXII.
Then, lovely maid, accept thefe lays,
Thy merit, only, gave them bjjrth,
Tho' poor the fwain that fings thy praife,
Ne'j^r fung he, but in praife of worth.
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Nor ftoop'd he e'er to fawn the great,
Or praife what fell from folly's tongue,
He faw no charms in pomp or ftate,
And what he faw not, ne'^r he fung*
XXXIV;
Tho' poor the fwain that fings thy praife,
He fcorns to bow at flatt'ry's fhrine,
Put on this crown of humble bays,
For not a wreath is there but thine.
XXXV.
And find you in this crown of bays,
A flow'r lil-chofen, or ill-weav'd,
Blame not a youth who feeks no praife,
Nor wiflies but to be believ'd.
XXXVI.
Too proud to fawn, to hope too low,
He never fann'd love's gentle fire,
Sweet worth to praife, and praifing (how.
Was all his fwelling heart's defire.
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Mary, an Original Poem. Recommended to the attention of the Ladies.
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[1795?] per ESTC
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8 pages
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Quote at bottom of title-page.: "Sweet lovely maid, accept these lays, Thy merit only gave them birth, Tho' poor the swain that sings thy praise, "Ne'er sung he, but in praise of worth."
2 copies
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ESTC T91534 (BL)
<a title="National Library of Scotland" href="http://www.nls.uk/">National Library of Scotland </a>
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Chapbook #50 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
Subject
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Poetry
Religion and Morals
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Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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[Glasgow?: Brash & Reid?]
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Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario
# of Woodcuts: 0
Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Genre: religion & morals
Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Brash & Reid
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The Downfal of the Pope of Rome: A Poem.
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8 pages
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Chapbook #39 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
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Quote on title-page.: "Look up John Knox, frae' mang the dead, Look up, and seake your auld grey head; Look up, The Whore of Bab'lon's fled Free mighty Rome; That Grand Event ye aften spaed, Behold is come!"
Woodcut image of musical instruments on the title-page.
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Poetry
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ESTC T53222
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[1799?] per English Short Title Catalogue
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Rome, Italy
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Glasgow: Brash & Reid
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poetry
# of Woodcuts: 2
Bib Context: title-page
Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Brash & Reid
Musical Instrument: fiddle(s)
Musical Instrument: flute
Musical Instrument: horn(s)
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Order. A Poem. To which is added, An Epitaph for Algernon Sidney.
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[1797?] per National Library of Scotland
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8 pages
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Chapbook #35 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
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"To Nature thus th" Eternal mover said, "Thro' all by works be Order's laws obey'd; "Order decreed the certain path to bliss, "None e'er shall err, who strictly move by this." Look then around, the universe survey. And follow Nature, as she leads the way." is quoted on the title-page.
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Poetry
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ESTC T043352
<a title="National Library of Scotland" href="http://www.nls.uk/">National Library of Scotland</a>
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An Epitaph for Algernon Sidney.
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Glasgow: Brash & Reid
# of Woodcuts: 0
Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Brash & Reid
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Address To Clydesdale. To which is added, Kattie. A song. By Robert Burns of Hamilton.
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Kattie.
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Chapbook #33 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
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"Clydesdale, thy bonnie fertile plains, Thy lasses blythe, thy toil-brown swains, Warm glows the blood within my veins, Their fame to raise, Till echo back returning strains Repeat my lays." is quoted on the title-page.
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[1797?] per National Library of Scotland
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8 pages
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Lanarkshire (Clydesdale), Scotland
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ESTC # T020389
<a title="National Library of Scotland" href="http://www.nls.uk/">National Library of Scotland </a>
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Glasgow: Brash & Reid
# of Woodcuts: 0
Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Brash & Reid
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Ode to Temperance. To which are added, Two Songs. By Robert Burns of Hamilton.
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The lover cured
Anna
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Chapbook #31 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
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[1797?] per English Short Title Catalogue
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8 pages
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Ballads and songs
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<a title="University of Iowa Shakosphere Catalog" href="http://shakeosphere.lib.uiowa.edu/search.jsp">University of Iowa Shakosphere Catalog</a>
ETSC#: T41988
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Glasgow: Brash & Reid
# of Woodcuts: 0
Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Brash & Reid