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ABSENCE.
De. Thomas Blacklock, " the Wind poet," born 1721, died 1791.
Ye rivers so limpid and clear,
Who reflect, as in cadence you flow,
All the beauties that vary the year.
All the flow'rs on your margins that grow ;
How blest on your banks could I dwell,
Were Marg'ret the pleasure to share,
And teach your sweet echoes to tell
With what fondness I doat on the fair !
Ye harvests, that wave in the breeze
As far as the view can extend ;
Ye mountains, umbrageous with trees.
Whose tops so majestic ascend ;
Your landscape what joy to survey,
Were Marg'ret with me to admire ;
Then the harvest would glitter how gay,
How majestic the mountains aspire !
In pensive regret whilst I rove.
The fragrance of flow'rs to inhale ;
Or catch, as it swells from the grove,
The music that floats on the gale :
De. Thomas Blacklock, " the Wind poet," born 1721, died 1791.
Ye rivers so limpid and clear,
Who reflect, as in cadence you flow,
All the beauties that vary the year.
All the flow'rs on your margins that grow ;
How blest on your banks could I dwell,
Were Marg'ret the pleasure to share,
And teach your sweet echoes to tell
With what fondness I doat on the fair !
Ye harvests, that wave in the breeze
As far as the view can extend ;
Ye mountains, umbrageous with trees.
Whose tops so majestic ascend ;
Your landscape what joy to survey,
Were Marg'ret with me to admire ;
Then the harvest would glitter how gay,
How majestic the mountains aspire !
In pensive regret whilst I rove.
The fragrance of flow'rs to inhale ;
Or catch, as it swells from the grove,
The music that floats on the gale :
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90349483 |
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| Description | Second edition. London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. Without music; includes references to tunes for some of the songs. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.138 |
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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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