Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical Merit |
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... swain . This gave occasion to Pope's well known ridicule of Phillips ; and it is this incon- gruity of character which is the foundation of the burlesque in Gay's Shepherd's Week , in which some natural strokes of beautiful simplicity ...
... swain . This gave occasion to Pope's well known ridicule of Phillips ; and it is this incon- gruity of character which is the foundation of the burlesque in Gay's Shepherd's Week , in which some natural strokes of beautiful simplicity ...
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... swains Take heed , ye easy fair ! Of vengeance due to broken vows , Ye perjured swains , beware ! Three times all in the dead of night , A bell was heard to ring ; And shrieking at her window thrice , The raven flapp'd her wing . Too ...
... swains Take heed , ye easy fair ! Of vengeance due to broken vows , Ye perjured swains , beware ! Three times all in the dead of night , A bell was heard to ring ; And shrieking at her window thrice , The raven flapp'd her wing . Too ...
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... swains , One mould with her , beneath one sod , For ever now remains . Oft at this place the constant hind And plighted maid are seen : With garlands gay , and true love knots They deck the sacred green . But , swain forsworn , whoe'er ...
... swains , One mould with her , beneath one sod , For ever now remains . Oft at this place the constant hind And plighted maid are seen : With garlands gay , and true love knots They deck the sacred green . But , swain forsworn , whoe'er ...
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... swain . Bethink thee , William , of thy fault , Thy pledge , and broken oath ; And give me back my maiden vow , And give me back my troth . How could you say my face was fair , And yet that face forsake ? How could you win my virgin ...
... swain . Bethink thee , William , of thy fault , Thy pledge , and broken oath ; And give me back my maiden vow , And give me back my troth . How could you say my face was fair , And yet that face forsake ? How could you win my virgin ...
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... swain , Then hadst thou prest my hand again , My heart had yielded too ! " Tis true , thy tuneful reed I blam'd , That swell'd thy lip and rosy cheek ; Think not thy skill in song defam'd , That lip should other pleasures seek : Much ...
... swain , Then hadst thou prest my hand again , My heart had yielded too ! " Tis true , thy tuneful reed I blam'd , That swell'd thy lip and rosy cheek ; Think not thy skill in song defam'd , That lip should other pleasures seek : Much ...
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amorous Amynta Anacreon anguish beau mille beauty beauty's blest bliss bloom bosom breast bright Celia charms cheek Chloe Chloris cœur CONGREVE cried cruel Cupid Damon dart dear delight despair e'er ease epigram ev'ry eyes face fair fancy fate fear flame folly fond gentle give Glastonbury thorn grace grove happy heart hope Hudibras kind kiss ladies lips live Lochinvar lov'd lover lyre Lyric Lyric poetry maid melting valued mind move nature ne'er never nightingale nymph o'er Oenone pain passion Phillips Phyllis piece pity plain pleasure poetical poetry R. B. SHERIDAN racter rose Sappho scorn shade shepherd sigh sigh'd sing smiles SOAME JENYNS soft soul surprise swain sweet taste tears tell tender thee thine thou thought thro touch of joy trembling true Twas vex'd vows wanton witty Xanthe young youth
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Page 233 - Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain.
Page 47 - More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Page 274 - With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Page 309 - Oh ! young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none, He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone. So faithful in love and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 269 - I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking ; And in the scowl of Heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. "O haste thee, haste!
Page 235 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 254 - But sure such folks could ne'er beget So sweet a girl as Sally! She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley.
Page 142 - TO fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove, But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love.
Page 45 - Forbear, my son," the hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. " Here, to the houseless child of want, My door is open still ; And, though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will " Then turn to-night, and freely share Whate'er my cell bestows ; My rushy couch, and frugal fare, My blessing and repose.
Page 253 - And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such...