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t/ s i L V I A; Or,
AIR XIII. The Bells (hall ring.
[, GafF. Gab. "The Fair and Toung, whofigh alone,
Tet are fit 1 1 denying,
Were Husbands all fo confeant grown ',
Wott'd be more complying.
G. Bufy. Prifs, Gis, Sue, Marg'ry and Nan,
In the Morning early,
With us floall come, to cheer the Man 9
Who lov^d his Wife fine erely.
Cho. The Bells mufi ring.
And the Clerk mufi fmg,
And the good old Reives mufi wind us '<
Tou and I,
And all mufi dye,
And leave this World behind us*
SCENE X. Timothy.
Now from the Fields the Labourers homeward go; each
one to kifs his Wife, with fweet Content. A good warm
Supper, and a loving Spoufe, make his Houfe bleft as mine,
while Dolly liv'd. My Houfe is now like the forfaken Barn,
where the blind Howlet perches all the Day. —The open
Air, cold Ground, on which I fit, with none to talk to but
the fpeechlefs Dead, is all my Comfort now. I hate my own
warm Thatch, Flock-bed and Neighbour's Chat, fince Dolly,
the Flower of all my Joys, is gone. Oh, how wretched is
the Stale of Man!
AIR
AIR XIII. The Bells (hall ring.
[, GafF. Gab. "The Fair and Toung, whofigh alone,
Tet are fit 1 1 denying,
Were Husbands all fo confeant grown ',
Wott'd be more complying.
G. Bufy. Prifs, Gis, Sue, Marg'ry and Nan,
In the Morning early,
With us floall come, to cheer the Man 9
Who lov^d his Wife fine erely.
Cho. The Bells mufi ring.
And the Clerk mufi fmg,
And the good old Reives mufi wind us '<
Tou and I,
And all mufi dye,
And leave this World behind us*
SCENE X. Timothy.
Now from the Fields the Labourers homeward go; each
one to kifs his Wife, with fweet Content. A good warm
Supper, and a loving Spoufe, make his Houfe bleft as mine,
while Dolly liv'd. My Houfe is now like the forfaken Barn,
where the blind Howlet perches all the Day. —The open
Air, cold Ground, on which I fit, with none to talk to but
the fpeechlefs Dead, is all my Comfort now. I hate my own
warm Thatch, Flock-bed and Neighbour's Chat, fince Dolly,
the Flower of all my Joys, is gone. Oh, how wretched is
the Stale of Man!
AIR
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| Description | An opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields. With the musick prefix'd to each song. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.149(2) |
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| Description | Containing 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 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.149(1-4) |
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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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