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Fife and z! the lands about it .
-<y .bout it, Undefir- ing I ^can fee; Joy
< % d,ays without it, Not, my charmer, with _ out thee.
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Muft I then forever languifh,
Still complaining ftill endure;
Can her form create an anguifh,
Which her foul difdains to curei
Why by hcpelefs pafsion fated,
Muft r ftill thofe eyes admire;
Whilft 'uriheeded,unregretted,
Tn (her prefence I expire I
Would thy charms improve their power,
Timely think, refcntlefs maid;
Beauty is a fhort liv'd flower,
Deftined but tojbloom and fade:
Let that heaven, whofe kind imprefs.'on
All thy lovely features fhew,
Melt thy fold to foft com pafsion
For a fuff ring lovers woe .
See my colour quickly fading
To a fad portentous pale:
See cold death thy fcorn upbraiding,
O er my vital frame prevail.
Vain alas! expof rulation,
'Tis not thine her love to gain;
But with filent refignation
Bid adieu to life and pain i
-<y .bout it, Undefir- ing I ^can fee; Joy
< % d,ays without it, Not, my charmer, with _ out thee.
\
Muft I then forever languifh,
Still complaining ftill endure;
Can her form create an anguifh,
Which her foul difdains to curei
Why by hcpelefs pafsion fated,
Muft r ftill thofe eyes admire;
Whilft 'uriheeded,unregretted,
Tn (her prefence I expire I
Would thy charms improve their power,
Timely think, refcntlefs maid;
Beauty is a fhort liv'd flower,
Deftined but tojbloom and fade:
Let that heaven, whofe kind imprefs.'on
All thy lovely features fhew,
Melt thy fold to foft com pafsion
For a fuff ring lovers woe .
See my colour quickly fading
To a fad portentous pale:
See cold death thy fcorn upbraiding,
O er my vital frame prevail.
Vain alas! expof rulation,
'Tis not thine her love to gain;
But with filent refignation
Bid adieu to life and pain i
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scots musical museum > Volume 2 > (36) Page 125 - Fife and a' the land about it |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.201a |
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| Description | By James Johnson. 6 volumes. Edinburgh : Printed & sold by Johnson & Co., 1787-1803. Burns contributed largely to the work, and Stephen Clarke prepared the arrangements of most of the airs. ["The volumes of the Musical museum, as originally published, were 'Humbly dedicated to the Catch Club, instituted at Edinburgh June 1771.' On the completion of the sixth and last volume, in 1803, Johnson substituted a new set of title-pages, dedicating the work 'To the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.'"--Laing's pref., to 1839 ed., v. 1, p. ii, foot-note]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.201-201e |
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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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