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Pleasant and Diver live. 261
The short Nose is the Lover's Bliss,
Because it hinders not a Kiss ;
The tooting Nose, O monstrous thing !
That's he that did the Bottle bring :
And he that brought the Bottle hither,
Will drink (O monstrous !) out of measure.
Invention often barren grows,
Yet still there's Matter in the Nose.
The Fiery Nose in Lanthom stead,
May light his Master home to Bed ;
And whosoever this Treasure owes,
Grows poor in Purse, tho' rich in Nose :
The Brazen Nose that's o'er the Gate,
Maintains fall many a Latin Pate.
Invention often barren grows,
Yet still there's Matter in the Nose.
If any Nose take this in Snuff,
And think it is more than enough ;
We answer them, we did not fear,
Nor think such Noses had been here :
But if there be, we need not care,
A Nose of Wax our Statutes are.
Invention now is barrefi grown,
The Matter's out, the Nose is blown.
The short Nose is the Lover's Bliss,
Because it hinders not a Kiss ;
The tooting Nose, O monstrous thing !
That's he that did the Bottle bring :
And he that brought the Bottle hither,
Will drink (O monstrous !) out of measure.
Invention often barren grows,
Yet still there's Matter in the Nose.
The Fiery Nose in Lanthom stead,
May light his Master home to Bed ;
And whosoever this Treasure owes,
Grows poor in Purse, tho' rich in Nose :
The Brazen Nose that's o'er the Gate,
Maintains fall many a Latin Pate.
Invention often barren grows,
Yet still there's Matter in the Nose.
If any Nose take this in Snuff,
And think it is more than enough ;
We answer them, we did not fear,
Nor think such Noses had been here :
But if there be, we need not care,
A Nose of Wax our Statutes are.
Invention now is barrefi grown,
The Matter's out, the Nose is blown.
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| Shelfmark | Glen.145c |
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| Description | Being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. Fitted to all humours, having each their proper tune for either voice, or instrument: most of the songs being new set. 6 volumes. London, Printed by W. Pearson for J. Tonson, 1719-20. A 19th century reprint from a broken set of the two issues of the 1719-1720 edition. Volumes 1, 3-5 belong to the first issue; Volumes 2 and 6 to the second. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.145-145e |
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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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