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4 2 The GENTLE SHEPHERD,
B AU LDT his lam.
WHat's this I canna bear't! its war than
hell,
To be fae brunt wi' love, yet darna tell!
Peggy, fweeter than the dawning day,
Sweeter than gowany glens, or new-mawn hay;
Blyther than lambs that frifk out o'er the knows,
Straighter than ought that in the foreft grows :
.Her een the cleareft blob of dew outfhines;
The lily in her bread it beauty times.
Herlegs, herarms, hercheeks, her mouth her een,
Will be my dead, that will be fhortly feen!
For Patelooes her,— -wae's me i and The looesPa-tej
And I wi' Neps, by fome unlucky fate,
Made a daft vow; — O but ane be a beaft
That maks rafli aiths till he's afore the prieft!
1 darna fpeak my mind, elfe a' the three,
But doubt, watd prove ilk ane my enemy.
Its fair to thole; -I'll try fome witchcraft art,
To break wi' ane, and win the other's heart.
Here Maufy lives; a witch, that for fma' price
Can call her cantrips, and gi' me advice.
She can o'ercaft the night, and cloud the moon,
And mak the deils obedient to her crune.
At midnight hours^ o'er the "kirk -yards (he raves,
B AU LDT his lam.
WHat's this I canna bear't! its war than
hell,
To be fae brunt wi' love, yet darna tell!
Peggy, fweeter than the dawning day,
Sweeter than gowany glens, or new-mawn hay;
Blyther than lambs that frifk out o'er the knows,
Straighter than ought that in the foreft grows :
.Her een the cleareft blob of dew outfhines;
The lily in her bread it beauty times.
Herlegs, herarms, hercheeks, her mouth her een,
Will be my dead, that will be fhortly feen!
For Patelooes her,— -wae's me i and The looesPa-tej
And I wi' Neps, by fome unlucky fate,
Made a daft vow; — O but ane be a beaft
That maks rafli aiths till he's afore the prieft!
1 darna fpeak my mind, elfe a' the three,
But doubt, watd prove ilk ane my enemy.
Its fair to thole; -I'll try fome witchcraft art,
To break wi' ane, and win the other's heart.
Here Maufy lives; a witch, that for fma' price
Can call her cantrips, and gi' me advice.
She can o'ercaft the night, and cloud the moon,
And mak the deils obedient to her crune.
At midnight hours^ o'er the "kirk -yards (he raves,
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| Description | A Scots pastoral comedy. To which is added a glossary. Familiar epist. New songs, and fine cuts. By Allan Ramsay. [Page 120 misnumbered 150.] |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.79 |
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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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