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222 POPULAR SONGS.
TELL ME DEAREST WHAT IS LOVE.
From the " Captain," by Beaumont and Fletcher.
Tell me, dearest, what is love ?
*Tis a lightning; from above ;
'Tis an arrow, 'tis a fire,
Tis a boy they call Desire.
'Tis a smile
Does beguile
The poor hearts of men that prove.
Tell me more, are women true ?
Some love change, and so do you.
Are they fair and never kind ?
Yes, when men turn with the wind.
Are they froward ?
Ever toward
Those that love, to love anew.
Tell me more yet, can they grieve ?
Yes, and sicken sore, but live :
And be wise and delay,
When you men are as wise as they.
Then I see.
Faith will be
Never till they both believe.
LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.
Written by Moore.
Oh ! the days are gone, when beauty bright.
My heart's chain wove ;
When my dream of life from morn till night,
W^as love, still love.
New hope may bloom,
And days may come
Of milder, calmer beam,
TELL ME DEAREST WHAT IS LOVE.
From the " Captain," by Beaumont and Fletcher.
Tell me, dearest, what is love ?
*Tis a lightning; from above ;
'Tis an arrow, 'tis a fire,
Tis a boy they call Desire.
'Tis a smile
Does beguile
The poor hearts of men that prove.
Tell me more, are women true ?
Some love change, and so do you.
Are they fair and never kind ?
Yes, when men turn with the wind.
Are they froward ?
Ever toward
Those that love, to love anew.
Tell me more yet, can they grieve ?
Yes, and sicken sore, but live :
And be wise and delay,
When you men are as wise as they.
Then I see.
Faith will be
Never till they both believe.
LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.
Written by Moore.
Oh ! the days are gone, when beauty bright.
My heart's chain wove ;
When my dream of life from morn till night,
W^as love, still love.
New hope may bloom,
And days may come
Of milder, calmer beam,
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| Description | Also: Love's young dream |
| Description | A collection of songs. Edinburgh: Printed and published by W. Glass, MDCCCXXXVII [1837]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.4 |
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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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