A tribute of regard to the memory of Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., portrait painter to the King for Scotland : read at the forty-third anniversary meeting of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh / by Andrew Duncan.

  • Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828.
Date:
1824
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A tribute of regard to the memory of Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., portrait painter to the King for Scotland : read at the forty-third anniversary meeting of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh / by Andrew Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    ELEGIAC ODE, TO THE MEMORY OF Dr WILLIAM LIARVEY, DISCOVERER OF THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD ; Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh, for 1819, By Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart. Poeta Laureatns, Sod. Fil. JEsculapii. 1. Strike, strike the Harp, strike loud and long, Thine God of Pindus, thine the theme ; So may thy warm life-giving beam Fire our rapt spirits while we swell the song. In classic lore, thy mystic powers, Rule light and harmony and healing skill; And all thy three-fold influence be ours, Shining propitious from thy sacred hill. For thrice we honour thee, While bosoms glow, And goblets flow, In honour of thy votary.
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