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S 1 L V I A;
OR, THE
COUNTRY BURIAL.
ACT I. SCENE I
A Room in Wdforch Houfe*
W
ELFORD.
OW, now's the very Crifis of our Fate. •
On this important Hour depends the Happi-
nefs, or Ruin, of my dear and only Child,
and all my future Peace. Why am 1 thus
alarm'd! The Event mud fure be happy ! I have
long, with Pleafure, beheld their mutual Love.
— The end of all my Hopes and Fears is near — This happy
Marriage will reftore my long-loft Peace of Mind. -After
Marriage, ihou'd he prove falfe, or unkind what Means
are left — what Power on Earth can do her Juftice then! •
Now my Pains return ! thus Joy and Angsiilh alternately pofiefs
my Breal't, as Hope or Fear prevails.
B A I R

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Silvia; or, the country burial
DescriptionAn opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields. With the musick prefix'd to each song.
ShelfmarkGlen.149(2)
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Composite volume
DescriptionContaining The works of Mrs Davys: consisting of, plays, novels, poems, and familiar letters, and Silvia; or, the country burial. An opera, and The jovial crew. A comic-opera, and The cobler's opera
ShelfmarkGlen.149(1-4)
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.