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SONG LXXI.
The Lover;
HO vV happy a lover's life palTes,
When beauty returns figh for figh !
He looks upon all men as afles,
Who have not fome girl in their eye.
With heart full as light as a feather.
He trips to the terras or parks ;
"Where fwains crowd impatient together.
And maidens look out for their fparks.
What fweet palpitation arifes
When Chloe appears full in view !
Her fmiies at more valu« he prizes
Than mifers the mines of Peru.
Tho' fwift-winged Time, as they're walking,
Soon parts them, alas ! by his flight j
By reflection he ftill hears her talking,
And abfent he keeps her in fight.
Whenever abroad he regales him,
And Bacchus calls out for his lafs.
His love for his Chloe ne'er fails him.
Her name gives a zefl to his glafs.
No other amnfements he prizes.
Than thofe that from Chloe arife ;
She's fird in his tlioughts when he rifes,
And idft, when he clofes his eyes.
Or fortune's fantaflical chace ;
Love ouly with Chloe can blefs u?^
And give all we want to embrace^
F 2
SONG LXXI.
The Lover;
HO vV happy a lover's life palTes,
When beauty returns figh for figh !
He looks upon all men as afles,
Who have not fome girl in their eye.
With heart full as light as a feather.
He trips to the terras or parks ;
"Where fwains crowd impatient together.
And maidens look out for their fparks.
What fweet palpitation arifes
When Chloe appears full in view !
Her fmiies at more valu« he prizes
Than mifers the mines of Peru.
Tho' fwift-winged Time, as they're walking,
Soon parts them, alas ! by his flight j
By reflection he ftill hears her talking,
And abfent he keeps her in fight.
Whenever abroad he regales him,
And Bacchus calls out for his lafs.
His love for his Chloe ne'er fails him.
Her name gives a zefl to his glafs.
No other amnfements he prizes.
Than thofe that from Chloe arife ;
She's fird in his tlioughts when he rifes,
And idft, when he clofes his eyes.
Or fortune's fantaflical chace ;
Love ouly with Chloe can blefs u?^
And give all we want to embrace^
F 2
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91311478 |
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| Description | Being a select collection of the most admired and favourite Scots and English songs, cantatas, &c. Edinburgh : printed for A. Brown, 1782. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.85 |
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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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