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The Highland Qneen
6 ~1^3
In her, fweet innocence you 11 find,
With freedom, truth, and beauty join'd;
From pride and affecfation free,
Ahke £he fmiles on you and me:
The brighter} nymph that trips the green,
I do pronounce my Highland Queen. ...
. No fordid wifti, or trifling joy,
Her fettled calm of mind deftroy;
Strict honour fills her fpotlefs foul,
And adds a luftre to the whole:
A uitftchlefis fhape,a graceful mien,
All center in my Highland Queen.
How bleft that youth, whom genths fate,
Has deftincf for fo fair a matei
Has all thefe wondring gifts in fforp,
And each returning day brings more.
No youth fo happy can befeen,
.Poffeffing thei°, my Highland Queen,
The Highland King.
YE Mufes nine, O lend your aid,
Tnfpire a tender bafhfull maidl
That's lately yielded up her heart,
<A conquefi to Love's pow'rful dart : ..:
And now would fain attempt to fing,
The praifes of my Highland King,.
Jamie, the pride of all the green,
Is jufi my -age, e'en gay fifteen:
When firft I faw him, 'twas the day
That ufliers in the fprightly May;
When firft I felt Love's pow'rfull ffirig,
And Cgh'd for my dear Highland King.
With him for beauty, fhape, and air,
No other fhppherd can compare;
Good nature, honefty, and truth,
Adorn the dear, the matchlefs %T3uth;
And graces, more than I cart ling,
Bedeck my charming HighlMid-lLlng: .
Would once the deareft boy but fay,
Tis you I love; Gome, Come away.
Unto the kirk, my Love, Jet's hyi.
Oh mel in raptnte, I 'I comply!
And I fhouldthen hane caul'- to ting.
The praif-s "of mr Hichh.nH King.
The Highland Qneen
6 ~1^3
In her, fweet innocence you 11 find,
With freedom, truth, and beauty join'd;
From pride and affecfation free,
Ahke £he fmiles on you and me:
The brighter} nymph that trips the green,
I do pronounce my Highland Queen. ...
. No fordid wifti, or trifling joy,
Her fettled calm of mind deftroy;
Strict honour fills her fpotlefs foul,
And adds a luftre to the whole:
A uitftchlefis fhape,a graceful mien,
All center in my Highland Queen.
How bleft that youth, whom genths fate,
Has deftincf for fo fair a matei
Has all thefe wondring gifts in fforp,
And each returning day brings more.
No youth fo happy can befeen,
.Poffeffing thei°, my Highland Queen,
The Highland King.
YE Mufes nine, O lend your aid,
Tnfpire a tender bafhfull maidl
That's lately yielded up her heart,
<A conquefi to Love's pow'rful dart : ..:
And now would fain attempt to fing,
The praifes of my Highland King,.
Jamie, the pride of all the green,
Is jufi my -age, e'en gay fifteen:
When firft I faw him, 'twas the day
That ufliers in the fprightly May;
When firft I felt Love's pow'rfull ffirig,
And Cgh'd for my dear Highland King.
With him for beauty, fhape, and air,
No other fhppherd can compare;
Good nature, honefty, and truth,
Adorn the dear, the matchlefs %T3uth;
And graces, more than I cart ling,
Bedeck my charming HighlMid-lLlng: .
Would once the deareft boy but fay,
Tis you I love; Gome, Come away.
Unto the kirk, my Love, Jet's hyi.
Oh mel in raptnte, I 'I comply!
And I fhouldthen hane caul'- to ting.
The praif-s "of mr Hichh.nH King.
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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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