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j[ WAS when the feas were roaring
With hollow blafts of wind,.
,A iiamfel l-y deploring,
All on a rock reel in d
W;de o'er the roanng billows
She eait a wifhful look,
Her head was crowtvd with willows
That trembled o'er the brook.
Twelve months were gone and over
And nine long tedious "days
Why did ft thoU vent'ro'us lover,
Why didft thou truft the leas I
ceate then, cruel ocean,
And let my lover reft 5
Ah ! what's thy troubled motion
To that within my breaft ?
The merchant robb'd of treafure
Views tempeds in defpair
But what's the lofs of treafure
To the lofsing of my dear.
Shou'd you fome coail be laid on
Where gold arid diamonds grow
t'd find a richer maiden,
l'.:t none that loves you fo.
• ;an you (ay that nature
• nothing made in vain 5
; ■ x h beneath the water
1_. . ieous rocks remain ?
rod iii over,
5^W^
j[ WAS when the feas were roaring
With hollow blafts of wind,.
,A iiamfel l-y deploring,
All on a rock reel in d
W;de o'er the roanng billows
She eait a wifhful look,
Her head was crowtvd with willows
That trembled o'er the brook.
Twelve months were gone and over
And nine long tedious "days
Why did ft thoU vent'ro'us lover,
Why didft thou truft the leas I
ceate then, cruel ocean,
And let my lover reft 5
Ah ! what's thy troubled motion
To that within my breaft ?
The merchant robb'd of treafure
Views tempeds in defpair
But what's the lofs of treafure
To the lofsing of my dear.
Shou'd you fome coail be laid on
Where gold arid diamonds grow
t'd find a richer maiden,
l'.:t none that loves you fo.
• ;an you (ay that nature
• nothing made in vain 5
; ■ x h beneath the water
1_. . ieous rocks remain ?
rod iii over,
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Caledonian songster > (100) Page 96 - 'Twas when the seas were roaring |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90339366 |
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| Description | Title from first line. |
| Description | A selection of choice songs, from Burns, Ramsay, etc. [With a portrait.] |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.130 |
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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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