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A. i^ V9C,
CANTVS SECVNDVS.
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QAther your Rofe^buds whilfi you may, old tlmt is ftill a Bying, hnd
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=i=Pi
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ihat fame Flower sthaE ftniles today, co-morfow will be dying.
7 he glorious lamj> ef Heaven the Sun.
The higher he is getting ;
jhefoonsr will his race he run,
Jnd nearer he's tofetiing.
That Age is heft which is thefirp^
WhilH Ttioth md Blued are w&rmtr^
ExpeCi net then the UU and wsrft^
Time ^tlifucceeds the former.
Then he net coy , hut ufe your time^
Andwhilji jou maj gs marry ^
F9r having once but loH pur prime ^
J OH may Jer ever tarry.
Her Anfwere.
/ gather tphere 1 hope tegam^
\ hmwfwift Time dothfiie i
Tho(e fading Buds me thinks arevdnf
To tKorrow that may die„
The higher Phchu%gocs on high y
Thelmveris hi^fdl y
But length of day es gives me more light ^
Freedom to know i>y thrall.
Thenwhy do ye think llofemy time^
I Sec4ufe I do not ma. rrie,
I Fain fantafies makes not my prime,
I 'Horcanmnkememifcarrte.
CANTVS SECVNDVS.
^^^''^^^t^M^^M^-iff-'^M
ea3E2
QAther your Rofe^buds whilfi you may, old tlmt is ftill a Bying, hnd
^i^^^^iiil
=i=Pi
— 1-
ihat fame Flower sthaE ftniles today, co-morfow will be dying.
7 he glorious lamj> ef Heaven the Sun.
The higher he is getting ;
jhefoonsr will his race he run,
Jnd nearer he's tofetiing.
That Age is heft which is thefirp^
WhilH Ttioth md Blued are w&rmtr^
ExpeCi net then the UU and wsrft^
Time ^tlifucceeds the former.
Then he net coy , hut ufe your time^
Andwhilji jou maj gs marry ^
F9r having once but loH pur prime ^
J OH may Jer ever tarry.
Her Anfwere.
/ gather tphere 1 hope tegam^
\ hmwfwift Time dothfiie i
Tho(e fading Buds me thinks arevdnf
To tKorrow that may die„
The higher Phchu%gocs on high y
Thelmveris hi^fdl y
But length of day es gives me more light ^
Freedom to know i>y thrall.
Thenwhy do ye think llofemy time^
I Sec4ufe I do not ma. rrie,
I Fain fantafies makes not my prime,
I 'Horcanmnkememifcarrte.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Cantus, songs and fancies > (191) [Page 177] |
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| Description | To three, four, or five parts, both apt for voices and viols With a brief introduction to music. As is taught in the music-school of Aberdeen. The third edition, much enlarged and corrected. Paisley: [Reproduced by photo-lithography for the new club series by] Alexander Gardner, [1879]. Imprint of original: Printed in Aberdeen : by John Forbes, 1682. Signatures: pi¹ A-O⁴. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.73 |
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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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