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Pleasant and Divertive.
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HOW vile are the Sordid Intrigues of the Town,
Cheating and Lying continually sway ;
From Bully and Punk, to the Politick Gown,
In Plotting and Sotting, they waste the Day :
All their Discourse is of Foreign Affairs,
The Fre?ich and the Wars is always the cry ;
Marriage alas is declining,
Nay, tho' a poor Virgin lies pining,
Ah Curse of this Jarring, what luck have I.
I hop'd a rich Trader by Ogling Charms,
Into my Conjugal Fetters to bring ;
I planted my snare too, for one lov'd Arms,
But found his design was another thing :
From the Court Province, down to the dull Cites,
Both Cully and Wits of Marriage are shy ;
Marriage alas is declining,
Nay, tho a poor Virgin lies pining,
Ah pox of the Mounsieur, what luck have I.
Hampton
297
p^ m
m
pg
&m
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HOW vile are the Sordid Intrigues of the Town,
Cheating and Lying continually sway ;
From Bully and Punk, to the Politick Gown,
In Plotting and Sotting, they waste the Day :
All their Discourse is of Foreign Affairs,
The Fre?ich and the Wars is always the cry ;
Marriage alas is declining,
Nay, tho' a poor Virgin lies pining,
Ah Curse of this Jarring, what luck have I.
I hop'd a rich Trader by Ogling Charms,
Into my Conjugal Fetters to bring ;
I planted my snare too, for one lov'd Arms,
But found his design was another thing :
From the Court Province, down to the dull Cites,
Both Cully and Wits of Marriage are shy ;
Marriage alas is declining,
Nay, tho a poor Virgin lies pining,
Ah pox of the Mounsieur, what luck have I.
Hampton
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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 1 > (315) Page 297 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87656153 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.145 |
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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.There are more than 330 publications contained in about 320 selected from the collection of John Glen (1833-1904). Also available are a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | Over 400 volumes from three internationally renowned special collections of printed music. The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent excellent archives of 18th-19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The Hopkinson Verdi Collection contains contemporary and later editions of the works of Verdi, collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson. |
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