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S The FILLAGE OPERA- Aft |,
When a Daughter yen IVedy
Without Culture^ or Pai»^
Ton tofs her to Bed
Tofome wealthy dull Swaitf:
But your Flowers will all fade ^
And your Daughters will dye^
If the SoilJhotCd prove bad^
Or unkind^ where they lye.
Come, Co//>, take thy Spade, turn the Gravel in yon Walk *
prune thofe Nedarins, or roll the Terrace; don't let us idle
away our Lives like thofe Creatures they call Gentlefolks,
who feem to be born only to eat, and drink, and fleep, and
do nothing. {Exit Lucas,
Colin alone.
What a BlelTing is the cool Evening of Life'. This happy
old Man has every PalTion under, while I am tofs'd and agita-
ted continually. O Betty] Betty ! (he treats me with as much
haughty Severity as if (he were a Princefj;; whatever (he is, I
am fure I am a Slave; all the Faculties of my Soul arc em-
ployed on this one Point.
A I R VL Young Philander woo'd me long.
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Oh, how Love has rent my Heart I
Its cruel Pangs and Throbs diflrefs me :
Oh^ how floall I cure the Smart ^
Or eafe the Pains that prefs me ?
/ cannot hear her coy Difdain^
Nor can Ifeek to give her Pain *
/ cannot live and love in vain :
My Betty ne'^er will blefs me.
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When a Daughter yen IVedy
Without Culture^ or Pai»^
Ton tofs her to Bed
Tofome wealthy dull Swaitf:
But your Flowers will all fade ^
And your Daughters will dye^
If the SoilJhotCd prove bad^
Or unkind^ where they lye.
Come, Co//>, take thy Spade, turn the Gravel in yon Walk *
prune thofe Nedarins, or roll the Terrace; don't let us idle
away our Lives like thofe Creatures they call Gentlefolks,
who feem to be born only to eat, and drink, and fleep, and
do nothing. {Exit Lucas,
Colin alone.
What a BlelTing is the cool Evening of Life'. This happy
old Man has every PalTion under, while I am tofs'd and agita-
ted continually. O Betty] Betty ! (he treats me with as much
haughty Severity as if (he were a Princefj;; whatever (he is, I
am fure I am a Slave; all the Faculties of my Soul arc em-
ployed on this one Point.
A I R VL Young Philander woo'd me long.
^^mm ^^^ ^m
^^^p^
Oh, how Love has rent my Heart I
Its cruel Pangs and Throbs diflrefs me :
Oh^ how floall I cure the Smart ^
Or eafe the Pains that prefs me ?
/ cannot hear her coy Difdain^
Nor can Ifeek to give her Pain *
/ cannot live and love in vain :
My Betty ne'^er will blefs me.
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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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