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The murmuring brooks accufe your ftay,
And Zephyrs figh for your delay.
Fa, la, &c.
Come then, and take your morning air>
Juft rofe from flow'ry beds ;
*Tis better than your fnulf by far,
And ail perfumes exceeds :
Our evening walks more pleafures bring
Than the gay park, and crowded ring.
Fa, la, &c.
For your own fakes, if not for ours,
The dufty town forego ;
Frefh air will give your eyes new pow'rs.
And make each beauty glow :
'Twill to the liily add the rofe,
And ev'ry brighter charm difclole.
Fa, la, Sec.
IN good kmgCHJRLES's golden days,
When loyalty had no harm in't,
A zealous high-church man I was.
And fo I got preferment :
To teach my flock I never mift,
Kings are by GOD appointed ;
And thofe are damn'd that do refifl,
And touch the LORD's anointed.
Jnd this is law, I will maintain,
Untill my dying day, frr,
That ivhatfoever king jhall re'ign.,
Inxiill be vicar of Bray, fry
When royal JAMES obtain'd the throne,
And pop'ry came in fafhion,
M Th(
The murmuring brooks accufe your ftay,
And Zephyrs figh for your delay.
Fa, la, &c.
Come then, and take your morning air>
Juft rofe from flow'ry beds ;
*Tis better than your fnulf by far,
And ail perfumes exceeds :
Our evening walks more pleafures bring
Than the gay park, and crowded ring.
Fa, la, &c.
For your own fakes, if not for ours,
The dufty town forego ;
Frefh air will give your eyes new pow'rs.
And make each beauty glow :
'Twill to the liily add the rofe,
And ev'ry brighter charm difclole.
Fa, la, Sec.
IN good kmgCHJRLES's golden days,
When loyalty had no harm in't,
A zealous high-church man I was.
And fo I got preferment :
To teach my flock I never mift,
Kings are by GOD appointed ;
And thofe are damn'd that do refifl,
And touch the LORD's anointed.
Jnd this is law, I will maintain,
Untill my dying day, frr,
That ivhatfoever king jhall re'ign.,
Inxiill be vicar of Bray, fry
When royal JAMES obtain'd the throne,
And pop'ry came in fafhion,
M Th(
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87771275 |
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Shelfmark | Glen.43 |
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Description | A choice collection of songs, Scots and English. 2nd edition. 2 volumes. Edinburgh, 1751-1752. |
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Shelfmark | Glen.43-43a |
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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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