The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes 1-6. Various

come with me, 59'Tis not the rose upon the cheek, 60I heard the evening linnet's voice, 61Oh! dear were the joys, 62

       

       WILLIAM NICHOLSON, 63

       The braes of Galloway, 65The hills of the Highlands, 66The banks of Tarf, 67O! will ye go to yon burn-side? 68

       

       ALEXANDER RODGER, 71

       Sweet Bet of Aberdeen, 73Behave yoursel' before folk, 74Lovely maiden, 76The peasant's fireside, 78Ah, no! I cannot say "Farewell," 79

       

       JOHN WILSON, 81

       Mary Gray's song, 86The three seasons of love, 88Prayer to Sleep, 90

       

       DAVID WEBSTER, 91

       Tak it, man; tak it, 92Oh, sweet were the hours, 94Pate Birnie, 95

       

       WILLIAM PARK, 97

       The patriot's song, 99

       

       THOMAS PRINGLE, 102

       Farewell to bonnie Teviotdale, 106The exile's lament, 107Love and solitude, 108Come awa', come awa', 109Dearest love, believe me, 110

       

       WILLIAM KNOX, 112

       The dear Land o' Cakes, 114The lament, 116To Mary, 116

       

       WILLIAM THOM, 118

       Jeanie's grave, 121They speak o' wiles, 122The mitherless bairn, 123The lass o' Kintore, 124My hameless ha', 125

       

       WILLIAM GLEN, 126

       Waes me for Prince Charlie! 128Mary of sweet Aberfoyle, 129The battle-song, 131The maid of Oronsey, 134Jess M'Lean, 136How eerily, how drearily, 137The battle of Vittoria, 139Blink over the burn, sweet Betty, 140Fareweel to Aberfoyle, 141

       

       DAVID VEDDER, 143

       Jeanie's welcome hame, 146I neither got promise of siller, 147There is a pang for every heart, 148The first of May, 149Song of the Scottish exile, 150The tempest is raging, 151The temple of nature, 152

       

       JOHN M'DIARMID, 155

       Nithside, 158Evening, 159

       

       PETER BUCHAN, 162

       Thou gloomy Feberwar, 164

       

       WILLIAM FINLAY, 166

       The breaking heart, 167The auld emigrant's fareweel to Scotland, 167O'er mountain and valley, 169

       

       JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART, 171

       Broadswords of Scotland, 177Captain Paton's lament, 178Canadian boat-song, 183

       

       THOMAS MATHERS, 184

       Early love, 185

       

       JAMES BROWN, 186

       My Peggy's far away, 187Love brought me a bough, 188How 's a' wi' ye, 189Oh! sair I feel the witching power, 192

       

       DANIEL WEIR, 194

       See the moon, 196Love is timid, 196Raven's stream, 197Oh! our childhood's once delightful hours, 198Could we but look beyond our sphere, 199In the morning of life, 200On the death of a promising child, 201The dying hour, 202The midnight wind, 203

       

       ROBERT DAVIDSON, 206

       Farewell to Caledonia, 207On visiting the scenes of early days, 208To wander lang in foreign lands, 210

       

       PETER ROGER, 212

       Lovely Jean, 214

       

       JOHN MALCOLM, 215

       The music of the night, 217The sea, 218

       

       ERSKINE CONOLLY, 220

       Mary Macneil, 221There 's a thrill of emotion, 222

       

       GEORGE MENZIES, 223

       The braes of Auchinblae, 224Fare thee weel, 225

       

       JOHN SIM, 226

       Nae mair we 'll meet, 227Bonnie Peggy, 227Now, Mary, now the struggle 's o'er, 229

       

       WILLIAM MOTHERWELL, 230

       Jeanie Morrison, 233Wearie's Well, 236Wae be to the orders, 238The midnight wind, 239He is gone! he is gone! 240

       

       DAVID MACBETH MOIR, 242

       Casa Wappy, 245Farewell, our fathers' land, 249Heigh ho, 250

       

       ROBERT FRASER, 252

       Oh, I lo'ed my lassie weel, 253

       

       JAMES HISLOP, 254

       The Cameronian's dream, 257How sweet the dewy bell is spread, 259

       

       ROBERT GILFILLAN, 261

       Manor braes, 262Fare thee well, 263The first rose of summer, 264The exile's song, 264The happy days o' youth, 266'Tis sair to dream, 267

METRICAL TRANSLATIONS FROM THE MODERN GAELIC MINSTRELSY.

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       WILLIAM ROSS, 271

       The Highland May, 272The Celt and the stranger, 274Cormac's cure, 274The last lay of love, 276

       

       LACHLAN MACVURICH, 279

       The exile of Cluny, 280

       

       JAMES M'LAGGAN, 282

       Song of the royal Highland regiment, 284

       

       GLOSSARY, 287

Volume IV.

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CONTENTS.

       HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL, 1

       The wild glen sae green, 49Scotia's thistle, 50The land of gallant hearts, 51The yellow locks o' Charlie, 52We 'll meet yet again, 53Our ain native land, 54The Grecian war-song, 56Flora's lament, 57When the glen all is still, 58Scotland yet, 58The minstrel's grave, 60My own land and loved one, 61The bower of the wild, 62The crook and plaid, 63The minstrel's bower, 65When the star of the morning, 66Though all fair was that bosom, 67Would that I were where wild-woods wave, 68O tell me what sound, 69Our Mary, 70