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Two Hours are paft, and D A MO N is equipt,
Penfive he ftalks, and meditates the Fight ;
Arm'd Cap-a-pee, in Drefs a killing Beau, y
Thrice view'd his Glafs, and then refolv'd to go, >
Fluflit full of Hope to overcome his Foe. ^
His early Pray'rs were all to Paphos fent,
That JOVE's Sea-daughter would give her Confent :
Cry'd, Send thy tittle Son unto my AH.
Then took his Hat, tript out, and no more faid.
What lofty Thoughts do fometimes pufh a Man
Beyond the Verge of his own native Span !
Keep low thy Thoughts,frail Clay^or boaft thy Pow'r \-\
Fate will be Fate: And fince there's nothing fure, >
Vex not thy felf too much,but catch th' aufpicious Hour.-*
The tow'ring Lark had thrice his Mattins fung,
And thrice were Bells for Divine Service rung.
In Plaids muff 'd up, Prudes throng the facred Dome,
And leave the fpacious Petticoat at Home :
While fofteft Dreams feal'd up fair CELIAC Eyes,
She dreams of DA MO N 9 and forgets to rife.
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Two Hours are paft, and D A MO N is equipt,
Penfive he ftalks, and meditates the Fight ;
Arm'd Cap-a-pee, in Drefs a killing Beau, y
Thrice view'd his Glafs, and then refolv'd to go, >
Fluflit full of Hope to overcome his Foe. ^
His early Pray'rs were all to Paphos fent,
That JOVE's Sea-daughter would give her Confent :
Cry'd, Send thy tittle Son unto my AH.
Then took his Hat, tript out, and no more faid.
What lofty Thoughts do fometimes pufh a Man
Beyond the Verge of his own native Span !
Keep low thy Thoughts,frail Clay^or boaft thy Pow'r \-\
Fate will be Fate: And fince there's nothing fure, >
Vex not thy felf too much,but catch th' aufpicious Hour.-*
The tow'ring Lark had thrice his Mattins fung,
And thrice were Bells for Divine Service rung.
In Plaids muff 'd up, Prudes throng the facred Dome,
And leave the fpacious Petticoat at Home :
While fofteft Dreams feal'd up fair CELIAC Eyes,
She dreams of DA MO N 9 and forgets to rife.
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| Description | By Allan Ramsay. Edinburgh : Printed for the author, 1720. [A collection of pamphlets previously issued separately by Ramsay. The collection was probably first published in 1719 without a collective title page and subsequently re-issued in 1720 with prefatory material and a collective title page but little attempt at continuous pagination.] Contents: Morning interview (with: Elegy on Maggy Johnston, To the most beautiful Scots ladies, Scots songs) [Martin 36, 32, 49, 46] - Christ’s-Kirk on the Green [Martin 7] - Scriblers lash’d [Martin 48] - Content [Martin 17] - Richy and Sandy [Martin 25] - Familiar epistles [Martin 22] - Prologue [variant of Martin 42] - Bessy Bell and Mary Gray [Martin 28] - Young laird and Edinburgh Katy [Martin 54] - Patie and Roger [Martin 37] - Edinburgh’s salutation [Martin 31]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.106 |
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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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