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To wreck the wandYing lover
And leave the maid to weep.
All melancholy lying,
Thus waiPd fhe tor her dear
Repay'd each Wall with figbing,
Each billow with a tear ;
When o'er the white waves {looping
His floating corpfe fhe fpy'd ; .
Then, like a lily drooping,
She bow'd her head, and dy'd.
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S ON G.
Celia in a Jejfamine boiven
*^*JJEN trie bright god of day
Drove weM! ward his ray,
$.nd the evening was charming and clear 3
The fwallows amain
Nimbly fkim o'er the plain $
And our fhadows like giants appear.
In a jeffamine bower,
When the bean was in flower,
And zephyrs breathed odours around?
Lov'd Celia %e fat
With her fong and fpinet,
And (he charm'd all the grove with her foun&
Roiy bowers fhe fung,
Whilft the harmony rung,
And the birds they all fluttering arrive, »
The induftrious bees,
om the flowers and the trees,
■ f'h *heir fweetS to
And leave the maid to weep.
All melancholy lying,
Thus waiPd fhe tor her dear
Repay'd each Wall with figbing,
Each billow with a tear ;
When o'er the white waves {looping
His floating corpfe fhe fpy'd ; .
Then, like a lily drooping,
She bow'd her head, and dy'd.
- -
S ON G.
Celia in a Jejfamine boiven
*^*JJEN trie bright god of day
Drove weM! ward his ray,
$.nd the evening was charming and clear 3
The fwallows amain
Nimbly fkim o'er the plain $
And our fhadows like giants appear.
In a jeffamine bower,
When the bean was in flower,
And zephyrs breathed odours around?
Lov'd Celia %e fat
With her fong and fpinet,
And (he charm'd all the grove with her foun&
Roiy bowers fhe fung,
Whilft the harmony rung,
And the birds they all fluttering arrive, »
The induftrious bees,
om the flowers and the trees,
■ f'h *heir fweetS to
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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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