The Songs of England and Scotland, Volume 1J. Cochrane, 1835 - Ballads, English |
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... maid was then likened to a sportive lamb , her teeth to the white fleeces of a newly washen flock of sheep , and her lips to the dropping honey ; those sweet strains sung to the music of a shepherd's reed , described by Allan Ramsay ...
... maid was then likened to a sportive lamb , her teeth to the white fleeces of a newly washen flock of sheep , and her lips to the dropping honey ; those sweet strains sung to the music of a shepherd's reed , described by Allan Ramsay ...
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... maid " betweene Lyncolne ant Lyndesey , Northampton ant Lounde , " [ i . e . Lon- don ] in five stanzas , beginning in this very pleasing way : When the nyhtegale singes the wodes waxen green , Lef ant gras ant blosme springes in Averyl ...
... maid " betweene Lyncolne ant Lyndesey , Northampton ant Lounde , " [ i . e . Lon- don ] in five stanzas , beginning in this very pleasing way : When the nyhtegale singes the wodes waxen green , Lef ant gras ant blosme springes in Averyl ...
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... maids to please , At midnight I card up their wooll ; And while they sleepe , and take their ease , With wheel to threads their flax I pull . I grind at mill Their malt up still ; I dress their hemp , I spin their tow . SONGS OF ENGLAND ...
... maids to please , At midnight I card up their wooll ; And while they sleepe , and take their ease , With wheel to threads their flax I pull . I grind at mill Their malt up still ; I dress their hemp , I spin their tow . SONGS OF ENGLAND ...
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... maid , And duely she is paid : For we use before we goe To drop a tester in her shoe . Upon a mushroomes head Our table cloth we spread ; A grain of rye , or wheat , Is manchet , which we eat ; Pearly drops of dew we drink In acorn cups ...
... maid , And duely she is paid : For we use before we goe To drop a tester in her shoe . Upon a mushroomes head Our table cloth we spread ; A grain of rye , or wheat , Is manchet , which we eat ; Pearly drops of dew we drink In acorn cups ...
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... Maid's Tragedy . " ] A SONG TO THE LUTE . JOHN FLETCHER . Dearest , do not you delay me , Since , thou know'st , I must be gone ; Wind and tide , ' tis thought doth stay me , But ' tis wind that must be blown From that breath , whose ...
... Maid's Tragedy . " ] A SONG TO THE LUTE . JOHN FLETCHER . Dearest , do not you delay me , Since , thou know'st , I must be gone ; Wind and tide , ' tis thought doth stay me , But ' tis wind that must be blown From that breath , whose ...
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