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OF GHOIG E so N GS. 279
SONG GCGIX.
In Airy Dreams.
IN ajry dreams foft fancy flies.
My abfent love to fee ;
And with the early dawn 1 rife.
Dear youth to think en thee.
How fwiftly flew the rofy hours.
While love and hope were new j
Sweet as the breath of op'ning flowers,
But ah ! as tranfient too.
SONG CCCX.
The Parting Lovers.
SINCE glory calls I muft away.
Dear Nan<:y, why thefe tears ?
Thy William's duty is to fway
His fword, and fcorn all fears.
Witli gillant Rodney on the main,
We'll dare each hotVile foey
And firmly brave the worft of pain,
Nor fear no fatal blow.
What if a ball fhould end my cares,
Let not my love re,)iiie ;
Believe th: heart which fcornM all fears^
Till deith was only thine.
A a a
SONG GCGIX.
In Airy Dreams.
IN ajry dreams foft fancy flies.
My abfent love to fee ;
And with the early dawn 1 rife.
Dear youth to think en thee.
How fwiftly flew the rofy hours.
While love and hope were new j
Sweet as the breath of op'ning flowers,
But ah ! as tranfient too.
SONG CCCX.
The Parting Lovers.
SINCE glory calls I muft away.
Dear Nan<:y, why thefe tears ?
Thy William's duty is to fway
His fword, and fcorn all fears.
Witli gillant Rodney on the main,
We'll dare each hotVile foey
And firmly brave the worft of pain,
Nor fear no fatal blow.
What if a ball fhould end my cares,
Let not my love re,)iiie ;
Believe th: heart which fcornM all fears^
Till deith was only thine.
A a a
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91314046 |
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| Description | Also: The parting lovers. |
| 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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