Preface. A historical essay on the origin and progress of national song. Love-songsJ. Johnson, 1783 - Ballads, English |
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Page xxxv
... hear them . And thefe fongfters of theirs are the men called Bards ( 102 ) . ” We have the teftimony of very early writers to prove that the bards or poets of Gaul and Britain recorded the valiant acts of their illuftrious men , which ...
... hear them . And thefe fongfters of theirs are the men called Bards ( 102 ) . ” We have the teftimony of very early writers to prove that the bards or poets of Gaul and Britain recorded the valiant acts of their illuftrious men , which ...
Page xliv
... hear the fong they fing . We are not without fufficient evidence that the common people had their favourite fongs , though none of them has had the good fortune to defcend to us . Ingulphus mentions ballads in praise of Hereward , the ...
... hear the fong they fing . We are not without fufficient evidence that the common people had their favourite fongs , though none of them has had the good fortune to defcend to us . Ingulphus mentions ballads in praise of Hereward , the ...
Page xlvi
... hear . In the nor- thern parts , on the confines of Yorkshire , the na- tives , he tells us , ufed a fymphoniac harmony with two different tones . One finging the under part of the fong in a low voice , the other the upper part in a ...
... hear . In the nor- thern parts , on the confines of Yorkshire , the na- tives , he tells us , ufed a fymphoniac harmony with two different tones . One finging the under part of the fong in a low voice , the other the upper part in a ...
Page lxiii
... hear it upon another " occafion ; and accordingly in the next birth - day fong , viz , that for " the year 1692 , he compofed an air to the words , May her bright " example chace vice in troops out of the land , ' the bafs whereof is ...
... hear it upon another " occafion ; and accordingly in the next birth - day fong , viz , that for " the year 1692 , he compofed an air to the words , May her bright " example chace vice in troops out of the land , ' the bafs whereof is ...
Page lxvi
... Hear me pay my dying vows . Melancholy fmooth meander , Swiftly purling in a round , On thy margin lovers wander , With thy flowery chaplets crown'd . Thus when Philomela drooping , Softly feeks her abfent mate , See the bird of Juno ...
... Hear me pay my dying vows . Melancholy fmooth meander , Swiftly purling in a round , On thy margin lovers wander , With thy flowery chaplets crown'd . Thus when Philomela drooping , Softly feeks her abfent mate , See the bird of Juno ...
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Ah willow ancient ballads beauty bleffings bofom breaſt Burney charms Chloe compofed compofitions dear defire delight deſpair difdain eaſe EDMUND WALLER English eyes fafe faid fair falfe fame fatire feek feem fhall fhepherd fhould figh fing firft firſt flame fmile foft fome fond fongs foon forrow foul fpring ftill fubject fuch fung fuppofed fwain fweet Gay Science gentle grove heart HENRY CAREY hiftory inferted king laft laſt leaft lefs likewife loft lov'd lover maid merit moft moſt mufe mufic muft muſt ne'er never nymph o'er paffion pain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet poetical poetry poffefs praiſe prefent preferved Provençal purſue Querlon racter reafon reft reign rife rofe ſeem ſhall ſhe SONG SONG ſpeak ſtill ſweet tender thee thefe theſe thofe THOMAS CAREW thoſe thou thouſand Troubadours Twas uſe whofe whoſe WILLIAM SHENSTONE wiſh writer youth
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Page 230 - Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love. But time drives flocks from field to fold, When rivers rage and rocks grow cold, And Philomel becometh dumb, The rest complains of cares to come.
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