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MUSICAL MISCELLANY.
53
_jo«"» i ram
tkep glens where the hawthorn .trees grow,
hawthorn trees grow.
There, under the (hade of an old facred thorn,
With freedom he fung his loves evening and main,
He fang with fo foft and enchanting a found,
That Sylvans and fairies unfeen dane'd around.
The fhepherd thus fung : Tho' young Maddie be fair
Her beauty is dafli'd with a fcornful proud air :
But Sufie was handfome, and fweetly could fing ;
Her breath, like the breezes, perfum'd in the fpring.
That Maddie, in all the gay bloom of her youth,
Like the moon, was mconftant, and never fpoke truth:
But Sufie was faithful, good-humour'd, and free,
And fair as the goddefs that fprung from the fea.
That mamma's fine daughter, with all her great
dow'r,
Was aukwardly airy, and frequently four :
Then, fighing, he wifh'd, would parents agree,
The witty, fweet Sufan, his miftrefs might be.
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53
_jo«"» i ram
tkep glens where the hawthorn .trees grow,
hawthorn trees grow.
There, under the (hade of an old facred thorn,
With freedom he fung his loves evening and main,
He fang with fo foft and enchanting a found,
That Sylvans and fairies unfeen dane'd around.
The fhepherd thus fung : Tho' young Maddie be fair
Her beauty is dafli'd with a fcornful proud air :
But Sufie was handfome, and fweetly could fing ;
Her breath, like the breezes, perfum'd in the fpring.
That Maddie, in all the gay bloom of her youth,
Like the moon, was mconftant, and never fpoke truth:
But Sufie was faithful, good-humour'd, and free,
And fair as the goddefs that fprung from the fea.
That mamma's fine daughter, with all her great
dow'r,
Was aukwardly airy, and frequently four :
Then, fighing, he wifh'd, would parents agree,
The witty, fweet Sufan, his miftrefs might be.
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| Shelfmark | Ing.1 |
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| Description | A collection of the most approved Scotch, English, and Irish songs, set to music. Selected by D. Sime, Edinburgh. |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.1-2 |
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| Description | Scottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). 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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