The works of Allan Ramsay edited by Burns Martin ... and John W. Oliver [... and Alexander M. Kinghorn ... and Alexander Law] |
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Wine and Musick, an ODE.
SYMON.O Colin how dull is't to be,
When a Soul is sinking wi' Pain,
To one who is pained like me:
My Life's grown a Load,
And my Faculties nod,
While I sigh for cold Jeanie in vain;
By Beauty and Scorn I'm slain:
The Wound it is mortal and deep,
My Pulses beat low in each Vein,
And threaten eternal Sleep.
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Come here are the best Cures for thy Wounds,
O Boy, the cordial Bowl!
With soft harmonious Sounds,
Wounds, these can cure all Wounds,
With soft harmonious Sounds,
And pull off the cordial Bowl:
O Symon, sink thy Care, and tune up thy drooping Soul;
Above, the Gods bienly bouze,
When round they meet in a Ring;
They cast away Care, and carouse
Their Nectar, while they sing.
Then drink and chearfully sing,
These make the Blood circle fine;
Strike up the Musick,
The safest Physick,
Compounded with sparkling Wine.
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