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Orpheus Caledonius.
VII.
T^heYello'w-hairdLjaddte.
IN April, when Priinrofes paint the fweet Flain^
And Summer approaching rejoiceth the Swain j
The Tellowhaird Laddie would oftentimes go
To Wilds and deep Glens, where the Hawthorn?
trees grow.
There, under the Shade of an old facred Thorn,
With Freedom he fung his Loves Ev'ning and Morn:
He fang with fo faft and inchanting a Sound,
That Silvans and Fairies unfeen danc'd around.
The Shepherd thus iiing, Tho' yown^Maya be fliir.
Her Beauty is dafn'd with a fcornfu' proud Air j
But S^'tjie was handfomc, and fweetly could fing,
Her Breath like the Brecz<s perfum'd in the Spring.
That Madiem all the gay Bloom of her Youth,
ILike the Moon was unconilant, and never fpoke
Truth :
But Sufte was faithful, good-humout'd and free.
And fair as the Goddefs who fprung from the Sea,
That
Orpheus Caledonius.
VII.
T^heYello'w-hairdLjaddte.
IN April, when Priinrofes paint the fweet Flain^
And Summer approaching rejoiceth the Swain j
The Tellowhaird Laddie would oftentimes go
To Wilds and deep Glens, where the Hawthorn?
trees grow.
There, under the Shade of an old facred Thorn,
With Freedom he fung his Loves Ev'ning and Morn:
He fang with fo faft and inchanting a Sound,
That Silvans and Fairies unfeen danc'd around.
The Shepherd thus iiing, Tho' yown^Maya be fliir.
Her Beauty is dafn'd with a fcornfu' proud Air j
But S^'tjie was handfomc, and fweetly could fing,
Her Breath like the Brecz<s perfum'd in the Spring.
That Madiem all the gay Bloom of her Youth,
ILike the Moon was unconilant, and never fpoke
Truth :
But Sufte was faithful, good-humout'd and free.
And fair as the Goddefs who fprung from the Sea,
That
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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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