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\"K /Hat's love ? a medley of pleafure and paln;r sa
* » 'Tis all o'er a deceit, and the whole an invifibl®
chain: nQ
Then, Celia, no more think to make up a feaft,
'Tis enough you're a flender deflert :
You'll ferve to give other ftale pleafures a tafte,
But muft leave the dear bottle to cherilh the heart.
NIght and day let's drink and kifs,
Can diere be a greater bliii, .
Fifft to take a chearful gla%
Then carefs fome pretty lafs '?
May thefe joys alternate reign ?
Love and wine, and love again.
Phil lis, why mould we delay
Pleafures fhorter than the day ?
Could we (which we never can)
Stretch our lives beyond their fpan •
Eeauty like a madow flies,
And our youth before us dies ;
Or would youth and beauty itay,
Love hath wings and will away ;
Love hatl-i fwifter wings than time,
Change in love to heav'n does climb 5
Gods, that never change their ftate,
Vary oft their loye and hate.
Phillis, to this truth we owe
All the love betwixt us -t#ro; | le
\"K /Hat's love ? a medley of pleafure and paln;r sa
* » 'Tis all o'er a deceit, and the whole an invifibl®
chain: nQ
Then, Celia, no more think to make up a feaft,
'Tis enough you're a flender deflert :
You'll ferve to give other ftale pleafures a tafte,
But muft leave the dear bottle to cherilh the heart.
NIght and day let's drink and kifs,
Can diere be a greater bliii, .
Fifft to take a chearful gla%
Then carefs fome pretty lafs '?
May thefe joys alternate reign ?
Love and wine, and love again.
Phil lis, why mould we delay
Pleafures fhorter than the day ?
Could we (which we never can)
Stretch our lives beyond their fpan •
Eeauty like a madow flies,
And our youth before us dies ;
Or would youth and beauty itay,
Love hath wings and will away ;
Love hatl-i fwifter wings than time,
Change in love to heav'n does climb 5
Gods, that never change their ftate,
Vary oft their loye and hate.
Phillis, to this truth we owe
All the love betwixt us -t#ro; | le
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87758772 |
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| Description | Also: Night and day let's drink and kiss. Also: Phillis, why should we delay |
| 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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