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(19) Page 11 - No riches gives pleasure to me
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y crow
crown JOf, -ye Kings then I’h a - boon ve all^ an’ 'Chnll inferiors own ye*
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hills ( daily wander.
Vet my Co h. lds out the fnon,
Or blaits that Winter render;
het the florin without al’sai 1;
Cl ole in my arms 111 fold her.
My glowing heart fhall heep us warm,
Mdiile to my brealt I hold her.
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Ay mututl our w-ifhes, in'love
Unltain’d by y)’‘ide or malice;
Swe«‘t content with us will dwell,
When abiVnt from a pal ace;
When the finiling Sun returns.
To chear our NotherV nation;
Then by fome ftreams fweet flowr\- verge,
We’ll fix our habitation.
While all the gay charms of the Spring.
Our view fhall wander over;
Waving Corn, an’Grafs green fields,
An’ fweetly fmelling Clover;
Illeft with Nellys company, (
111 ay pofsefs a treafure.
Alone i’ll reign within her breaft,
Alone I reap the pleafure .
y crow
crown JOf, -ye Kings then I’h a - boon ve all^ an’ 'Chnll inferiors own ye*
3z:
I
^ *
In ftatien ty lot is hi
r
t low,
An’th
1
hills ( daily wander.
Vet my Co h. lds out the fnon,
Or blaits that Winter render;
het the florin without al’sai 1;
Cl ole in my arms 111 fold her.
My glowing heart fhall heep us warm,
Mdiile to my brealt I hold her.
4-
J
Ay mututl our w-ifhes, in'love
Unltain’d by y)’‘ide or malice;
Swe«‘t content with us will dwell,
When abiVnt from a pal ace;
When the finiling Sun returns.
To chear our NotherV nation;
Then by fome ftreams fweet flowr\- verge,
We’ll fix our habitation.
While all the gay charms of the Spring.
Our view fhall wander over;
Waving Corn, an’Grafs green fields,
An’ fweetly fmelling Clover;
Illeft with Nellys company, (
111 ay pofsefs a treafure.
Alone i’ll reign within her breaft,
Alone I reap the pleafure .
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/105679151 |
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| Description | Set for the voice, piano forte, Ger: flute, clarinet, guitar, or harpsichord by John Hamilton. Edinburgh : Printed & Sold by the Author, [approximately 1796]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.311 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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