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Pleasant and Divertive.
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ROyal and fair, great ^7/j/V dear Blessing,
The Charming Regent of the Swains ;
Heavy with Care, thus sadly expressing
Her Grief, sat weeping on the Plains :
Why did my Fate exalt me so high,
If fading State must deprive me of Joy ;
Since Willy is gone,
Ah ! How vainly shines the Sun,
'Till Fates decree, the Winds and Sea,
Waft, waft him to me.
Large are my Flocks, and flowry my Pastures,
Worth Treasures vast of Silver and Gold ;
Where ravenous Wolves too fain would be Masters,
Devour all my Lambs, and break down my Fold :
Willy, while here, secur'd me from fear,
All the Wild Herd stood in awe of my Dear ;
But poor helpless I,
Mourning Sigh and hourly Cry,
Let Fates decree, the Winds and Sea,
Waft Willy to me.
"SHrfe.- "*"
315
I
£
*- in.
t±:
feg#
ROyal and fair, great ^7/j/V dear Blessing,
The Charming Regent of the Swains ;
Heavy with Care, thus sadly expressing
Her Grief, sat weeping on the Plains :
Why did my Fate exalt me so high,
If fading State must deprive me of Joy ;
Since Willy is gone,
Ah ! How vainly shines the Sun,
'Till Fates decree, the Winds and Sea,
Waft, waft him to me.
Large are my Flocks, and flowry my Pastures,
Worth Treasures vast of Silver and Gold ;
Where ravenous Wolves too fain would be Masters,
Devour all my Lambs, and break down my Fold :
Willy, while here, secur'd me from fear,
All the Wild Herd stood in awe of my Dear ;
But poor helpless I,
Mourning Sigh and hourly Cry,
Let Fates decree, the Winds and Sea,
Waft Willy to me.
"SHrfe.- "*"
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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 > (333) Page 315 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87656369 |
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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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