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of 5 O N G S, -s 147
lie -took her in the yielding fit,
And rifled all her charms.
PUT brifldy round the fparkling glafs,
The ftealing hours move on apace ;
Life without drinking, none e'er could boalt of it,
Then let us pull away, and make the moll: of it ;
Brimful of claret each night let me be,
Then I've my -wifti to the higheft degree.
BAcchus, he it is who fires me,
Brings me to thefe blefs'd abodes,
And with pleafure thus infpires me,
That I envy not the gods.
Sparkling juices ftill inchant me,
In one round of full delight ;
None but grateful objects haunt me,
Charm my tafte, and pleafe. my fight,
Friends, fince thus I am delighted,
Let us in a chorus join.
Sing the deities united,
Mighty powers of love and wine.
Then with Laura ]ft me ever
All my precious minutes pafs ;
But, Oh grant ! that 1 may neve;;
Be without th' exciting glafs.
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lie -took her in the yielding fit,
And rifled all her charms.
PUT brifldy round the fparkling glafs,
The ftealing hours move on apace ;
Life without drinking, none e'er could boalt of it,
Then let us pull away, and make the moll: of it ;
Brimful of claret each night let me be,
Then I've my -wifti to the higheft degree.
BAcchus, he it is who fires me,
Brings me to thefe blefs'd abodes,
And with pleafure thus infpires me,
That I envy not the gods.
Sparkling juices ftill inchant me,
In one round of full delight ;
None but grateful objects haunt me,
Charm my tafte, and pleafe. my fight,
Friends, fince thus I am delighted,
Let us in a chorus join.
Sing the deities united,
Mighty powers of love and wine.
Then with Laura ]ft me ever
All my precious minutes pafs ;
But, Oh grant ! that 1 may neve;;
Be without th' exciting glafs.
T 2
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87758760 |
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| Description | Also: Bacchus, he it is who fires me |
| Description | Without music. Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson & J. Reid, MDCCLXII [1762]. Published anonymously but by William Harper. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.181 |
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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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