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1 HE MUSICAL REPOSITORY.
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lows, That trembled o'er the brook.
Twelve months were gone and over,
And nine long tedious days;
Why didfl: thou, vent'rous lover.
Why didfl: thou truft the feas ?
Ceafe, ceafe, thou troubled ocean,
And let my lover reft ;
Ah ! what's thy troubled motion
To that within my breaft ?
The merchant, robb'd of treafure,
Views tcmpefls v/ith defpair;
But what's the lofs of treafure,
To lofing of my dear ?
Should you fome coafi: be laid on,
Where gold and diamonds grow,
You'd find a richer maiden,
But none that loves you fo.
How can they fay that nature
Has nothing made in vain ?
"Why then, beneath the water
Do hideous rocks remain ?
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lows, That trembled o'er the brook.
Twelve months were gone and over,
And nine long tedious days;
Why didfl: thou, vent'rous lover.
Why didfl: thou truft the feas ?
Ceafe, ceafe, thou troubled ocean,
And let my lover reft ;
Ah ! what's thy troubled motion
To that within my breaft ?
The merchant, robb'd of treafure,
Views tcmpefls v/ith defpair;
But what's the lofs of treafure,
To lofing of my dear ?
Should you fome coafi: be laid on,
Where gold and diamonds grow,
You'd find a richer maiden,
But none that loves you fo.
How can they fay that nature
Has nothing made in vain ?
"Why then, beneath the water
Do hideous rocks remain ?
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87747921 |
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| Description | A collection of favourite Scotch, English, and Irish songs, set to music. Glasgow : Printed by Alex. Adam, for A. Carrick , 1799. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.47 |
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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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