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Pills to Purge Melancholy. 241
Then soon my Mother took my part,
This Girl we must not baulk so ;
There's something sad, grows near her Heart,
Her Face is Pale as Chalk too :
And now 'tis done, the Steeple rings,
We each call Joy and Honey ;
Whilst I despise the Crowns of Kings,
I'm pleas'd so well with Sawney.
To Chloris.
A SONG.
CHloris, for fear you should think to deceive me,
Know all my Life I have studied your kind ;
Learn'd in your Grammar, I'd have you believe me,
And all your Tricks in my Practice you'll find :
Ogling and Glances,
Sighs and advances.
Poor Country Cully no more shall ensnare ;
Pantings and Tremblings,
Fits and DissembHngs,
Now you must leave, and Intrigue on the Square.
Give me the Girl that's good natur'd and Witty,
Whose pleasant Talk can her Friend entertain ;
One who's not Proud, if you tell her she's Pretty,
And yet enough to be Honest and Clean :
Pox on Town Cheatings,
Jilts and Cognettings,
I my Dear Chloris, will bring up by Hand,
Tears and Complainings,
Breed but Disdainings,
Those still Love best that are under Command.
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Volume 2
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Volumes 1-6 - Wit and mirth, or, Pills to purge melancholy
DescriptionBeing 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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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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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DescriptionThe 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.