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THE SKY-LARK. 161
At distance from his Anna's beauty,
While roaring winds the sea deform,
Ben sings, and well performs his duty,
And braves for love the frightful storm.
Alas ! in vain — the vessel batter'd,
On a rock splitting open'd wide,
While lacerated, torn, and shatter'd,
Ben thought of Anna, sigh'd, and died.
The semblance of each lovely feature,
That Ben had worn around his neck,
Where art stood substitute for nature,
A tar, his friend, sav'd from the wreck.
In fervent hope, while Anna burning,
Blush'd as she wish'd to be a bride,"
The portrait came, joy turn'd to mourning,
She saw, grew pale, sunk down, and died.
GLEE.
When for the world's repose my fairest sleeps,
See Cupid hovers round her couch and weeps,
Well may'st thou weep, proud boy, thy ^power dies ?
Thou hast no dart when Chloe has no eyes.
At distance from his Anna's beauty,
While roaring winds the sea deform,
Ben sings, and well performs his duty,
And braves for love the frightful storm.
Alas ! in vain — the vessel batter'd,
On a rock splitting open'd wide,
While lacerated, torn, and shatter'd,
Ben thought of Anna, sigh'd, and died.
The semblance of each lovely feature,
That Ben had worn around his neck,
Where art stood substitute for nature,
A tar, his friend, sav'd from the wreck.
In fervent hope, while Anna burning,
Blush'd as she wish'd to be a bride,"
The portrait came, joy turn'd to mourning,
She saw, grew pale, sunk down, and died.
GLEE.
When for the world's repose my fairest sleeps,
See Cupid hovers round her couch and weeps,
Well may'st thou weep, proud boy, thy ^power dies ?
Thou hast no dart when Chloe has no eyes.
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87683260 |
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| Description | A collection of songs set to music. London : Published by Thos. Tegg, 1825. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.110 |
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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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