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Title: The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI
The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
Author: Various
Editor: Charles Rogers
Release Date: August 3, 2007 [EBook #22229]
Language: English
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[Illustration:
THE
MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL;
BY
CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D.?F.S.A. SCOT.
VOL. VI.
PAISLEY?Birth Place of Tannahill, Alexander Wilson, John Wilson, &c.
EDINBURGH:?ADAM & CHARLES BLACK, NORTH BRIDGE,?BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS TO THE QUEEN.]

[Illustration: [Handwritten: Ever yours truly,
Chas. Mackay.]]

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.
MDCCCLVII.
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.
INTRODUCTION, xi
OBSERVATIONS ON SCOTTISH SONG. BY HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL, xx
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,