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The gloomiest waves of sorrow's deep
Shall roll themselves to rest,
The buried flowers but be asleep
Upon their mother's breast.
Even in the night what transport fills
Our vision, as we pray :
Light from the far-oflf heavenly hills :
Gleams of eternal day.
JENNY.— A LOVE LAY.
I knew a child, so sweet, so fair.
You must have known her too,
With floating waves of sunny hair
Above her eyes of blue.
Of household born, alike unknown
To fortune and to fame —
Fair as the daughter of a throne,
Sweet Jenny was her name.
I knew her when a child she played
Beneath yon aged tree ;
I knew her when to school she strayed
Across the verdant lea.
The day was dark, the lessons long —
All cheerless was the play ;
There was no music in our song
When Jenny was away.
Shall roll themselves to rest,
The buried flowers but be asleep
Upon their mother's breast.
Even in the night what transport fills
Our vision, as we pray :
Light from the far-oflf heavenly hills :
Gleams of eternal day.
JENNY.— A LOVE LAY.
I knew a child, so sweet, so fair.
You must have known her too,
With floating waves of sunny hair
Above her eyes of blue.
Of household born, alike unknown
To fortune and to fame —
Fair as the daughter of a throne,
Sweet Jenny was her name.
I knew her when a child she played
Beneath yon aged tree ;
I knew her when to school she strayed
Across the verdant lea.
The day was dark, the lessons long —
All cheerless was the play ;
There was no music in our song
When Jenny was away.
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90397367 |
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| Description | A collection of songs and other poetical pieces, many of which are original, accompanied with notes ... and a short essay on the poets of Renfrewshire. Originally published in 1819. Edited by William Motherwell. With a portrait. Second series. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.163 |
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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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