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The Couhtry Burial,
57
SCENE VIII. Lettice.
AIR XXXIII. Mrs. he Gard's Dance in Perfeus and
Andromeda.
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Let. When youthful May adorns the Tear,
The Earth is gay, the Heavens are clear,
And the long Days fear ce yield to Night:
The Groves with Vernal Mufick ring,
Beneath our Feetfrejh Odours fpring,
All Nature revels in Delight:
In Life, Touth is the Bloom of May ;
We laugh, wefing, we fport, we play ;
And every rolling Hour fupplies,
Some new, and fome untafled Joys,
And all the various Scenes are bright.
Let. How fine I am? All over Lace, and Holland, and Silk,
ind Silver! —How pretty I look, too! Nay, I always
nought my felf too good for a Taylor's Daughter. And fincel
ind what my Favours are worth, i'il be cunning, and get as
nuchfor 'em as I can, that 1 may n.ver work, nor be poor a-
ain.
SCENE IX. To her, Sir John.
Sir John. Don't you wonder at your own Beauty ? Drefs'd,
or Uiidrefs'd, Night, or Day, you're always charming.
Let. Let me alone: Wny do you flare upon a Boay fo? I
can't bear to fee you, I am fo afham'd.
Sir John. Kind innocent, yet charming Creature, that has
the Arc to pkafe beyond all her Sex, that I ever knew, yet
Ifeems to know nothing of it. Laft Night — ye wanton
dfRogue — — —
Let. Oh! you're a fad Man.
D 3 AIR

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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.
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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.