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I knew her as my schoolmate then,
My glad companion now ;
When care first writes, with iron pen,
His name npon my brow.
Her very smile my heart could move
To strange wild throbs of joy ;
With Jenny I'd have fallen in love,
If I had been a boy.
Her voice may lose its witching tone.
Her step its girlish glee :
Dear Jenny still can lose not one
Of all her charms for me !
As did she once, she doth to-day,
The same sweet strength impart :
Let none my jewel steal away.
My Jenny from my heart !
BABY IN HEAVEN.
Under the willow's whispering shade,
Under the daisies our baby is laid ;
Under the snow-drop, under the snow,
Molly, our darling wee Molly, lies low.
Her sweet childish prattle re-echoes no more,
Her toddling footsteps ne'er run to the door.
It is hard to believe our wee darling is gone,
As we silently sit in the twilight alone.
I knew her as my schoolmate then,
My glad companion now ;
When care first writes, with iron pen,
His name npon my brow.
Her very smile my heart could move
To strange wild throbs of joy ;
With Jenny I'd have fallen in love,
If I had been a boy.
Her voice may lose its witching tone.
Her step its girlish glee :
Dear Jenny still can lose not one
Of all her charms for me !
As did she once, she doth to-day,
The same sweet strength impart :
Let none my jewel steal away.
My Jenny from my heart !
BABY IN HEAVEN.
Under the willow's whispering shade,
Under the daisies our baby is laid ;
Under the snow-drop, under the snow,
Molly, our darling wee Molly, lies low.
Her sweet childish prattle re-echoes no more,
Her toddling footsteps ne'er run to the door.
It is hard to believe our wee darling is gone,
As we silently sit in the twilight alone.
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90397379 |
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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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