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XXIX.
Peggy, 1 7nujl love thee.
AS from a Rock pad all Relief,
The fhipwrackt Colin fpying
His Native Soil, overcome with Grief,
Half funk in Waves, and dying:
With the next Morning Sun he fpies
A Ship, which gives unhop'd Surprifc 5
New Life fprings up, he lifts his Eyes
With Joy, and waits her Motion.
So when by her whom long I lov'd,
I fcorn'd was, and deferted,
Low withDefpair my Spirits mov*d.
To be for ever parted :
Thus droopt I, till diviner Grace
I found in Teggfs Mind and Face j
Ingratitude appear'd then bafe.
But Vertue more engaging.
Then now fince happily I've hit,
ril have no more delaying ;
Let Beauty yield to manly Wit,
We lofe ourfelves in flaying s
I rill
^®7^
'^mimm ^ _ _
XXIX.
Peggy, 1 7nujl love thee.
AS from a Rock pad all Relief,
The fhipwrackt Colin fpying
His Native Soil, overcome with Grief,
Half funk in Waves, and dying:
With the next Morning Sun he fpies
A Ship, which gives unhop'd Surprifc 5
New Life fprings up, he lifts his Eyes
With Joy, and waits her Motion.
So when by her whom long I lov'd,
I fcorn'd was, and deferted,
Low withDefpair my Spirits mov*d.
To be for ever parted :
Thus droopt I, till diviner Grace
I found in Teggfs Mind and Face j
Ingratitude appear'd then bafe.
But Vertue more engaging.
Then now fince happily I've hit,
ril have no more delaying ;
Let Beauty yield to manly Wit,
We lofe ourfelves in flaying s
I rill
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Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Orpheus Caledonius, or, A collection of Scots songs > Volume 1 > (142) Page 62 - Peggy I must love thee |
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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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