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HAil to the Myrtle Shade,
All hail to the Nymphs of the Field :
Kings will not here invade,
Tho' Vertue all Freedom yields,
Beauty here opens her Arms,
To soften the languishing Mind ;
And Phillis unlocks her Charms :
Ah Phillis ! ah ! why so kind ?
Phillis, the Soul of Love,
The Joy of Neighbouring Swains :
Phillis that crowns the Groves,
And Phillis that gilds the Plains :
Phillis that ne'er had the Skill,
To paint, or to patch, or to be fine ;
Yet Phillis, whose Eyes can kill,
Whom Nature has made Divine.
Phillis, whose charming Tongue,
Makes Labour and Pain a Delight ;
Phillis that makes the Day young,
And shortens the live-long Night :
Phillis, whose Lips like May,
Still laugh at the Sweets they bring,
Where Love never knew Decay,
But sets with eternal Spring.
The
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HAil to the Myrtle Shade,
All hail to the Nymphs of the Field :
Kings will not here invade,
Tho' Vertue all Freedom yields,
Beauty here opens her Arms,
To soften the languishing Mind ;
And Phillis unlocks her Charms :
Ah Phillis ! ah ! why so kind ?
Phillis, the Soul of Love,
The Joy of Neighbouring Swains :
Phillis that crowns the Groves,
And Phillis that gilds the Plains :
Phillis that ne'er had the Skill,
To paint, or to patch, or to be fine ;
Yet Phillis, whose Eyes can kill,
Whom Nature has made Divine.
Phillis, whose charming Tongue,
Makes Labour and Pain a Delight ;
Phillis that makes the Day young,
And shortens the live-long Night :
Phillis, whose Lips like May,
Still laugh at the Sweets they bring,
Where Love never knew Decay,
But sets with eternal Spring.
The
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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 > (197) Page 185 - Hail to the myrtle shade |
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| Description | Title from first line. |
| 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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