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one fin in confcience keeps, whilehetoqayctgoesj IVfore venteious is then
he that fieeps with twenty morialfoes.
wherefore at night call into mindj
how thou the day hath fpent :
Praying to God, if ought thou find,
and then in time repent.
And fincc thy bed a paiem is
o{ denh and fatal tears >
Bedwait it (haS notbcamifst
this to recced in vetfe.
My bed is like the grave fo cold >
and fleep which ftceks mine eye,
Refetrbleth death ; deaths which mc fold ,
declare tK« mould (o dry :
The frisking fleas > refetnbleth well
the wringing worm to me.
Which with me m the grave thai dwel,
when I no tight fJial fee.
Themightia bell which I heat knel,
when I am laid in bed.
Mod like a bitter trumpet fell,
ev'r fhouting in tny head r
Myrjfinginthe morn likewife,
when flecpy night ispafii
Puts me in mind that I mufi rife
to Judgement at the laft.
FINIS.
THE XU. SONG.
Aran, my foe, full of iniquity, Thy fubtil fnares of fin aiTaul'teth
me
one fin in confcience keeps, whilehetoqayctgoesj IVfore venteious is then
he that fieeps with twenty morialfoes.
wherefore at night call into mindj
how thou the day hath fpent :
Praying to God, if ought thou find,
and then in time repent.
And fincc thy bed a paiem is
o{ denh and fatal tears >
Bedwait it (haS notbcamifst
this to recced in vetfe.
My bed is like the grave fo cold >
and fleep which ftceks mine eye,
Refetrbleth death ; deaths which mc fold ,
declare tK« mould (o dry :
The frisking fleas > refetnbleth well
the wringing worm to me.
Which with me m the grave thai dwel,
when I no tight fJial fee.
Themightia bell which I heat knel,
when I am laid in bed.
Mod like a bitter trumpet fell,
ev'r fhouting in tny head r
Myrjfinginthe morn likewife,
when flecpy night ispafii
Puts me in mind that I mufi rife
to Judgement at the laft.
FINIS.
THE XU. SONG.
Aran, my foe, full of iniquity, Thy fubtil fnares of fin aiTaul'teth
me
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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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