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The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
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THE
MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL;
OR,
THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY.
WITH
Memoirs of the Poets,
AND
SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS
IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED
MODERN GAELIC BARDS.
BY
CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D.
F.S.A. SCOT.
IN SIX VOLUMES;
VOL. VI.
EDINBURGH:
ADAM & CHARLES BLACK, NORTH BRIDGE,
BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS TO HER MAJESTY.
M.DCCC.LVI.
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY,
PAUL'S WORK.
TO
CHARLES BAILLIE, ESQ.,
SHERIFF OF STIRLINGSHIRE,
CONVENER OF THE ACTING COMMITTEE FOR REARING
A NATIONAL MONUMENT
TO THE
ILLUSTRIOUS DEFENDER OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE,
THIS SIXTH VOLUME
OF
The Modern Scottish Minstrel
IS DEDICATED,
WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST RESPECT AND ESTEEM,
BY
HIS VERY OBEDIENT FAITHFUL SERVANT,
CHARLES ROGERS.
CONTENTS.
- CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D., 1
- Love aweary of the world, 8
- The lover's second thoughts on world weariness, 9
- A candid wooing, 11
- Procrastinations, 12
- Remembrances of nature, 13
- Believe, if you can, 15
- Oh, the happy time departed, 17
- Come back! come back! 17
- Tears, 18
- Cheer, boys, cheer, 20
- Mourn for the mighty dead, 21
- A plain man's philosophy, 22
- The secrets of the hawthorn, 24
- A cry from the deep waters,