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Aail. The VILLAGE OPERA. ji
Col Oh my Charmer ! you fee what Shapes Love makes us
put on.
Betty. I cannot imagine what you mean !
Col. You may remember my Face; my Voice, fare, cannot
be quite a Stranger : Since that Morning I fet you down at
this Gate, your beautiful. Image only has fillM my Mind;
what an Impreffion it made upon me, let this Transformatioo
witneft.
AIR XXV. Bonny Jean.
Rof. In a m'tfly Morning the Shepherds gaze^
When the ruddy Sun in the Welkin isfeen ;
T'he Vapours now rtfing^ the Meadows o'er-pafs^
And fwiftty feud o' er the fzveet dewy Green.
So when the fond Lover his fair One ejpies,
The Clouds that ohfcur^d him are fuddenly gone \
And now we hehdd^ with Delight and Surprize^
Toung Colin the Lover, not Colin the Clows!
Rof. But what do you propofe by this ?
Col. To Admire, to Serve, to Love, to make it the whole
Bulinefs of my Life to Adore
IThrows himfelf at Betty V Feet.
Enter Sir Nicholas.
^/> Nich. Hey-day ! what, worftiipping of Graven Imaged,
Colinl Why, Sir, methinks it wou'd become you much better
to think of planting Cabbages than Men. What wou*d you
do
Col Oh my Charmer ! you fee what Shapes Love makes us
put on.
Betty. I cannot imagine what you mean !
Col. You may remember my Face; my Voice, fare, cannot
be quite a Stranger : Since that Morning I fet you down at
this Gate, your beautiful. Image only has fillM my Mind;
what an Impreffion it made upon me, let this Transformatioo
witneft.
AIR XXV. Bonny Jean.
Rof. In a m'tfly Morning the Shepherds gaze^
When the ruddy Sun in the Welkin isfeen ;
T'he Vapours now rtfing^ the Meadows o'er-pafs^
And fwiftty feud o' er the fzveet dewy Green.
So when the fond Lover his fair One ejpies,
The Clouds that ohfcur^d him are fuddenly gone \
And now we hehdd^ with Delight and Surprize^
Toung Colin the Lover, not Colin the Clows!
Rof. But what do you propofe by this ?
Col. To Admire, to Serve, to Love, to make it the whole
Bulinefs of my Life to Adore
IThrows himfelf at Betty V Feet.
Enter Sir Nicholas.
^/> Nich. Hey-day ! what, worftiipping of Graven Imaged,
Colinl Why, Sir, methinks it wou'd become you much better
to think of planting Cabbages than Men. What wou*d you
do
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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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