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SCOTTISH SONGS.
AH, CHLORIS!
Tun e — Gilder oy.
Ah, Cliloris ! could I now but sit
As unconcern'd, as when
Your infant beauty could beget
No happiness or pain !
When I this dawning- did admire,
And praised the coming day,
I little thought that rising fire
Would take my rest away.
Your charms in harmless childhood lay,
As metals in a mine ;
Age from no face takes more away
Than youth conceal'd in thine :
But as your charms insensibly
To their perfection press'd,
So love, as unperceived, did fly.
And centre in my breast.
My passion with your beauty grew,'
While Cupid, at my heart,
Still, as his mother favour'd you.
Threw a ncAV flaming dart.
Each gloried in their wanton part ;
To make a lover, he
Employ'd the utmost of his art ;— ]
To make a beauty, she.*
* This song, which appeared in Ihe Tea-Table Miscellany, (1721,) is
said to have been written by President Forbes of CuUoden, upon Miss Mary
Roce, a daughter of his neighbourj Rose of Kilravock, Nairnshire ; and the
AH, CHLORIS!
Tun e — Gilder oy.
Ah, Cliloris ! could I now but sit
As unconcern'd, as when
Your infant beauty could beget
No happiness or pain !
When I this dawning- did admire,
And praised the coming day,
I little thought that rising fire
Would take my rest away.
Your charms in harmless childhood lay,
As metals in a mine ;
Age from no face takes more away
Than youth conceal'd in thine :
But as your charms insensibly
To their perfection press'd,
So love, as unperceived, did fly.
And centre in my breast.
My passion with your beauty grew,'
While Cupid, at my heart,
Still, as his mother favour'd you.
Threw a ncAV flaming dart.
Each gloried in their wanton part ;
To make a lover, he
Employ'd the utmost of his art ;— ]
To make a beauty, she.*
* This song, which appeared in Ihe Tea-Table Miscellany, (1721,) is
said to have been written by President Forbes of CuUoden, upon Miss Mary
Roce, a daughter of his neighbourj Rose of Kilravock, Nairnshire ; and the
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Scottish songs > Volume 1 > (103) Page 1 - Ah, Chloris |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.105 |
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| Description | Collected and illustrated by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Co., for W. Tait, 1829. 2 volumes (627 pages). Paged continuously. Without music; tunes indicated by title. Partial contents: A weary lot is thine -- Donald Caird -- From the brown crest of Newark -- Nora's vow -- O, hush thee, my baby -- The cyprus wreath -- Young Lochinvar -- Where shall the lover rest -- Blue bonnets over the border -- Jock o' Hazeldean -- Pibroch of Donuil Dhu -- Hunting song -- The foray -- MacGregor's gathering. The bonnets of Bonnie Dundee is listed among the Contents but is not included. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.105-105a |
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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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