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182 Songs Compleat, .
Enough of such Wealth would a Beggar enrich,
And supply great wants in a King ;
'Twould smooth off the Griefs in a comfortless Wretch,
And inspire weeping Captives to sing.
'Twould smooth, 6°<r.
There's none that groans under a burthensome Life,
If this Sovereign Balsom he gains,
This will make a Man bear all the Plagues of a Wife,
And of Rags and Diseases in Chains.
This will make, &>c.
It swells all our Veins with a kind purple Flood,
And puts Love and great Thoughts in the Mind :
There's no Peasant so rank, but it fills with good
Blood,
And to Gallantry makes him inclin'd.
There's no Peasant, S*c.
There's nothing our Hearts with such Joy can bewitch,
For on Earth 'tis a Power that's Divine ;
Without it we're wretched, tho' never so rich ;
Nor is any Man poor that has Wine.
Without it we're, &>c.
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Enough of such Wealth would a Beggar enrich,
And supply great wants in a King ;
'Twould smooth off the Griefs in a comfortless Wretch,
And inspire weeping Captives to sing.
'Twould smooth, 6°<r.
There's none that groans under a burthensome Life,
If this Sovereign Balsom he gains,
This will make a Man bear all the Plagues of a Wife,
And of Rags and Diseases in Chains.
This will make, &>c.
It swells all our Veins with a kind purple Flood,
And puts Love and great Thoughts in the Mind :
There's no Peasant so rank, but it fills with good
Blood,
And to Gallantry makes him inclin'd.
There's no Peasant, S*c.
There's nothing our Hearts with such Joy can bewitch,
For on Earth 'tis a Power that's Divine ;
Without it we're wretched, tho' never so rich ;
Nor is any Man poor that has Wine.
Without it we're, &>c.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Wit and mirth, or, Pills to purge melancholy > Volume 3 > (194) Page 182 |
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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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