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THE GENTLE SHEPHERD. 43
5ut P.int your wifhes to this kind embrace,
Ind mint nae farer till we've got the grace.
Patie, ivitk his left hand about her nnaif..
O charming armfu ! hence ye cares away,
'11 kifs my treafure a' the live lang day ;
|A' night I'll dream my Uiires o'er again,
[Till that day come that ye'Jl be a' my aij>.
Sung by both.
Sun, gallop down the weftlin fldes.
Gang foon to bed, and quickly rife;
O lafh your fteeds, poll time away.
And hade about our bridal-day ;
And if your weary'd, honeft light.
Sleep, gin ye like, a week that night.
ACT III. "
SCENE I.
Vcw turn your eyes beyond yon Spreading line,
And tent a man ivhafe beard feems bleech^d loi' time;
An elivand fills his hand, his habit mean,
Nae doubt ye'll think he has a pedlar been.
But ivhijljt ! it is the knight in mafcurade.
That comes hid in this vloud to fee his lad,
Ohferve how pleased the loyal fuff'er moves
Thro^ his auld av'nuei, ones delight fu^ groves.
Sir William, /o/wi.
1"'HE gentleman, thus hid in low difguife,
I'll for a fpace, nnknown, delight mine eyes
With a full view of ev'ry fertile plain.
Which once I loft— which now are mine agaiai
5ut P.int your wifhes to this kind embrace,
Ind mint nae farer till we've got the grace.
Patie, ivitk his left hand about her nnaif..
O charming armfu ! hence ye cares away,
'11 kifs my treafure a' the live lang day ;
|A' night I'll dream my Uiires o'er again,
[Till that day come that ye'Jl be a' my aij>.
Sung by both.
Sun, gallop down the weftlin fldes.
Gang foon to bed, and quickly rife;
O lafh your fteeds, poll time away.
And hade about our bridal-day ;
And if your weary'd, honeft light.
Sleep, gin ye like, a week that night.
ACT III. "
SCENE I.
Vcw turn your eyes beyond yon Spreading line,
And tent a man ivhafe beard feems bleech^d loi' time;
An elivand fills his hand, his habit mean,
Nae doubt ye'll think he has a pedlar been.
But ivhijljt ! it is the knight in mafcurade.
That comes hid in this vloud to fee his lad,
Ohferve how pleased the loyal fuff'er moves
Thro^ his auld av'nuei, ones delight fu^ groves.
Sir William, /o/wi.
1"'HE gentleman, thus hid in low difguife,
I'll for a fpace, nnknown, delight mine eyes
With a full view of ev'ry fertile plain.
Which once I loft— which now are mine agaiai
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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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