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28 MARY Q,UEEN of SCOTS,
Of things that pafs'd, when I was queen, and you
The brighteft jewel in my Court.
LADY DOUGLAS.
Indeed
We have a kind of melancholy joy
Indulging in our grief.
SHREWSBURY.
For that, alas !
I bring frefh food
MARY,
How fo?
SHREWSBURY.
This hour I learn
A flrange account of fome confpiracy
Deteded at Whitehall ; wherein your name
Was join'd with Norfolk's, who, with other Lords,
Stands now cornmitted to the Tower.
MARY.
Ha, me !
Merciful Heav'n ! What fay'll thou, Shrewfbury ?
Is Norfolk in the Tower on my account ?
Recat thofe words ! Oh, they fhot thro' my brain
Like light'ning ! Say you do not believe them,
man !
Speak, prythee ! Oh, you hefitate ! I'm loft !
He's gone ! I fee the cruel lionefs
Has feiz'd the noble hart ; he bleeds beneath
Her horrid fangs. [Leaning on Lady Douglas.
LADY DOUGLAS.
Alas ! her memory fails ;
Excufe this tranfient weaknefs, Sir, in one
So cruelly opprefs'd, and made the fport
Of crofs and wayward fortune,
SHREWS-
Of things that pafs'd, when I was queen, and you
The brighteft jewel in my Court.
LADY DOUGLAS.
Indeed
We have a kind of melancholy joy
Indulging in our grief.
SHREWSBURY.
For that, alas !
I bring frefh food
MARY,
How fo?
SHREWSBURY.
This hour I learn
A flrange account of fome confpiracy
Deteded at Whitehall ; wherein your name
Was join'd with Norfolk's, who, with other Lords,
Stands now cornmitted to the Tower.
MARY.
Ha, me !
Merciful Heav'n ! What fay'll thou, Shrewfbury ?
Is Norfolk in the Tower on my account ?
Recat thofe words ! Oh, they fhot thro' my brain
Like light'ning ! Say you do not believe them,
man !
Speak, prythee ! Oh, you hefitate ! I'm loft !
He's gone ! I fee the cruel lionefs
Has feiz'd the noble hart ; he bleeds beneath
Her horrid fangs. [Leaning on Lady Douglas.
LADY DOUGLAS.
Alas ! her memory fails ;
Excufe this tranfient weaknefs, Sir, in one
So cruelly opprefs'd, and made the fport
Of crofs and wayward fortune,
SHREWS-
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| Description | As performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. By the Honourable John St. John. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(4) |
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| Description | Containing How to grow rich: a comedy, and Alonzo. A tragedy, and The highland fair; or, union of the clans. An opera, and Mary, Queen of Scots, a tragedy, and The fall of Mortimer. An historical play. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(1-5) |
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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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