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The VILLAGE OPERA. A&t
AIR VII. Ye Commons and Peers, ^c.
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WhcKever your Game
Is tofteal off the Dame^
Take the Chamber-maid with you^ I pray,
li^ith Her Sign and Seal,
Andfie^li never reveal.
For her own Sake^-yeur amorous Play.
Mt$.,Betiy is a fine Woman ; upon my Soul, Sir, file is a verf
inie Woman.
CoL Yob like her, Brujht
Brttjh. Ah '. Sir, I have {]gh*d and wiOiM for her many a long
Night in vain. I am hardly able, Sir, to think of any thing felfe.
Why, Sir, (lie has fet the whole Village in a Flame, and if you
do nor canyherofF to-uightj it will be in Aflies before to-mor-
row Morning.
Col, She has a mixture both of the Prude and the Coquette,
yet whether fhe gives Fain or Pleafure no-body preium^s to
chiim her ; yet (he never ufes her Power with Infolence; if yoii
Icel her, it is as if you feel the Principle of Light, at a diliance
it animstes with genial Warmth^ but the Glory is too powerful
when near.
AIR Vlll. The Play of Love, ^c
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a
^^^^ ^fUcLy^
Off the rifing Dawn of Light,
Safe the joyous Eye may gaze y
Bxt Blind'riefs overwhelms the Sight
That vemmes on Meridian Ilajs.
Brufi.
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AIR VII. Ye Commons and Peers, ^c.
iijjii' i ,iiiii|.^r-r^
■|-Jfirfrrrfirc|jtfi%^fftfin
WhcKever your Game
Is tofteal off the Dame^
Take the Chamber-maid with you^ I pray,
li^ith Her Sign and Seal,
Andfie^li never reveal.
For her own Sake^-yeur amorous Play.
Mt$.,Betiy is a fine Woman ; upon my Soul, Sir, file is a verf
inie Woman.
CoL Yob like her, Brujht
Brttjh. Ah '. Sir, I have {]gh*d and wiOiM for her many a long
Night in vain. I am hardly able, Sir, to think of any thing felfe.
Why, Sir, (lie has fet the whole Village in a Flame, and if you
do nor canyherofF to-uightj it will be in Aflies before to-mor-
row Morning.
Col, She has a mixture both of the Prude and the Coquette,
yet whether fhe gives Fain or Pleafure no-body preium^s to
chiim her ; yet (he never ufes her Power with Infolence; if yoii
Icel her, it is as if you feel the Principle of Light, at a diliance
it animstes with genial Warmth^ but the Glory is too powerful
when near.
AIR Vlll. The Play of Love, ^c
^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^
-a
a
^^^^ ^fUcLy^
Off the rifing Dawn of Light,
Safe the joyous Eye may gaze y
Bxt Blind'riefs overwhelms the Sight
That vemmes on Meridian Ilajs.
Brufi.
'<-^--^^-^
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Description | Also: the play of love, &c. |
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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