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O WERE r ON PArvNASSUS' HILL.
[Composed by Burets out of compliment to Mrs B.]
Tune — Mj/ love is lost to me.
WERE I on Parnassus' hill !
Or had of Helicon my fill ;
That I might catch poetic skill.
To sing how dear I love thee.
But Nith maun be my muse's well.
My muse maun be thy bonnie sell ;
On Corsincon I'll glowr and spell.
And write how dear I love thee.
Then come, sweet muse, inspire my lay.
For a' the lee-lang simmer's day,
1 coudna sing, I coudna say.
How much, how dear I love thee.
I see thee dancing o'er the green.
Thy waist sae jimp, thy limbs sae clean.
Thy tempting lips, thy roguish e'en —
By heaven and earth I love thee !
By night, by day, a-field, at harae.
The thoughts o' thee my breast inflame ;
And ay I muse and sing thy name,
I only live to love thee.
Tho' I Avere doom'd to Meander on.
Beyond the sea, beyond the sun,
TiU my last weary sand was run ;
Till then — and then I love thee.
O WERE r ON PArvNASSUS' HILL.
[Composed by Burets out of compliment to Mrs B.]
Tune — Mj/ love is lost to me.
WERE I on Parnassus' hill !
Or had of Helicon my fill ;
That I might catch poetic skill.
To sing how dear I love thee.
But Nith maun be my muse's well.
My muse maun be thy bonnie sell ;
On Corsincon I'll glowr and spell.
And write how dear I love thee.
Then come, sweet muse, inspire my lay.
For a' the lee-lang simmer's day,
1 coudna sing, I coudna say.
How much, how dear I love thee.
I see thee dancing o'er the green.
Thy waist sae jimp, thy limbs sae clean.
Thy tempting lips, thy roguish e'en —
By heaven and earth I love thee !
By night, by day, a-field, at harae.
The thoughts o' thee my breast inflame ;
And ay I muse and sing thy name,
I only live to love thee.
Tho' I Avere doom'd to Meander on.
Beyond the sea, beyond the sun,
TiU my last weary sand was run ;
Till then — and then I love thee.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, tales, and songs > Volume 2 > (253) Page 231 - O were I on parnassus' hill |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87727506 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.53a |
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| Description | With explanatory notes and observations [compiled] by John Gilchrist. Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1815. 2 volumes: v. 1. Ballads. Tales.--v. 2. Tales, continued. Songs. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.53-53a |
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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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