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Pleasant and Divertive.
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POor Ccelia once was very fair,
A quick bewitching Eye she had,
Most neatly look'd her braided Hair,
Her dainty Cheek would make you mad ;
Upon her Lips, did all the Graces play,
And on her Breast ten Thousand (Thousand) Cupids lay.
Then many a doting Lover came,
From Seventeen to Twenty one ;
Each told her of his mighty Flame,
But she forsooth affected none :
One was not handsom, the other was not fine ;
This of Tobacco smelt, and that of Wine.
But th' other Day it was my Fate,
To walk along that way alone,
I saw no Coach before her Gate,
But at her Door I heard her Mone ;
She dropt a Tear, and sighing seem'd to say,
Young Ladies marry, marry while you may.
Amyn-
153
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g@i
*zz±
POor Ccelia once was very fair,
A quick bewitching Eye she had,
Most neatly look'd her braided Hair,
Her dainty Cheek would make you mad ;
Upon her Lips, did all the Graces play,
And on her Breast ten Thousand (Thousand) Cupids lay.
Then many a doting Lover came,
From Seventeen to Twenty one ;
Each told her of his mighty Flame,
But she forsooth affected none :
One was not handsom, the other was not fine ;
This of Tobacco smelt, and that of Wine.
But th' other Day it was my Fate,
To walk along that way alone,
I saw no Coach before her Gate,
But at her Door I heard her Mone ;
She dropt a Tear, and sighing seem'd to say,
Young Ladies marry, marry while you may.
Amyn-
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| Shelfmark | Glen.145b |
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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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