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VOCAL ENCHANTRESS; 24I
Some purfue the winged wealth ;
Some to honours hi^h afpire :
Give me freedom, give me health }
There's the fum of my deiire.
What the world can more prefent
Will not add to my content :
Drink, and fet the heart at felt ;
Peace of mind is always beft.
Mirth^ when mingled with our wiriej
Makes the heart alert and free ;
Should it fnow, or rain, or mine,
Still the fame thing 'tis with me.
There's no fence againft our fate ;
Changes daily on us wait.
Drink, arid fet your hearts at fell 5
Of a bad market make the beft,
#.h
Some purfue the winged wealth ;
Some to honours hi^h afpire :
Give me freedom, give me health }
There's the fum of my deiire.
What the world can more prefent
Will not add to my content :
Drink, and fet the heart at felt ;
Peace of mind is always beft.
Mirth^ when mingled with our wiriej
Makes the heart alert and free ;
Should it fnow, or rain, or mine,
Still the fame thing 'tis with me.
There's no fence againft our fate ;
Changes daily on us wait.
Drink, arid fet your hearts at fell 5
Of a bad market make the beft,
#.h
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Calliope, or, The musical miscellany > (259) Page 241 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91489577 |
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| Description | A select collection of the most approved English, Scots, and Irish songs, set to music. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.159 |
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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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