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The Pitt Club of Scotland (Private members club) (1814-c 1831) (Edinburgh)

 Organization

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 1814
  • Existence: 1831

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Song for the anniversary meeting of the Pitt Club of Scotland, written out by Susan Ferrier, 1814

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2167/1/10
Scope and Contents

Song for the anniversary meeting of the Pitt Club of Scotland, 1814. Authored by Sir Walter Scott, and taken down by Miss [Susan] Ferrier.


Begins: 'O dread was the time [and] more dreadful the omen / when the brave on marching lay slaughter'd in vain...'


Song is compiled of 5 verses, each spanning 8 lines. Dramatic and nationalistic is invoked through broad iambic tetrameter and an approximate ABAB rhyme scheme.

Dates: 1814
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of papers of, and relating to Sir Walter Scott / Items relating to Sir Walter Scott from a collection made by Miss Marianne Talbot