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ON the Brow of Richmond Hill,
Which Europe scarce can parallel,
Ev'ry Eye such Wonders fill,
To view the Prospect round ;
By whose fair Fruitful side,
The Silver Thames does softly glide,
Meadows dress'd in Summers Pride,
With verdant Beauties crown'd :
Lovely Cynthia passing by,
With brighter Glories blest my Eye,
Ah ! then in vain, in vain said I,
The Fields and Flowers do shine ;
Nature in this Charming Place,
Created Pleasure in Excess,
But all are Poor to Cynthia's Face,
Whose Features are Divine.
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Volume 1
ShelfmarkGlen.145
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Form / genre: Written and printed matter > Books
Subject / content: Ballads

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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.
ShelfmarkGlen.145-145e
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Dates / events: 1876 [Probable date printed]

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Printed music
Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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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Special collections of printed music
DescriptionOver 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.