Essays on Song-writing; with a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritEvans, 1810 - 352 pages |
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... death infusing ; Scorn , and unconquerable hate Of tyrant pride's unhallow'd state . The boy abash'd , and half afraid , Beheld each chaste immortal maid : Pallas spread her Egis there ; Mars stood by with threatening air ; And stern ...
... death infusing ; Scorn , and unconquerable hate Of tyrant pride's unhallow'd state . The boy abash'd , and half afraid , Beheld each chaste immortal maid : Pallas spread her Egis there ; Mars stood by with threatening air ; And stern ...
Page 51
... dead , And all the village wept . Compassion , shame , remorse , despair , At once his bosom swell : The damps of death bedew'd his brows , He shook , he groan'd , he fell . From the vain bride , a bride no more , PASTORAL SONGS . 51.
... dead , And all the village wept . Compassion , shame , remorse , despair , At once his bosom swell : The damps of death bedew'd his brows , He shook , he groan'd , he fell . From the vain bride , a bride no more , PASTORAL SONGS . 51.
Page 53
... death has reft their crown . Her bloom was like the springing flower That sips the silver dew ; The rose was budded in her cheek , Just opening to the view . But love had , like the canker worm , Consum'd her early prime ; The rose grew ...
... death has reft their crown . Her bloom was like the springing flower That sips the silver dew ; The rose was budded in her cheek , Just opening to the view . But love had , like the canker worm , Consum'd her early prime ; The rose grew ...
Page 55
... death , And ev'ry charm is fled . The hungry worm my sister is , This winding sheet I wear , And cold and weary lasts our night Till that last morn appear . But hark ! the cock has warn'd me hence , A long and last adieu ! Come see ...
... death , And ev'ry charm is fled . The hungry worm my sister is , This winding sheet I wear , And cold and weary lasts our night Till that last morn appear . But hark ! the cock has warn'd me hence , A long and last adieu ! Come see ...
Page 77
... death - bell smote her ear , Sad sounding in the gale . Just then she reach'd with trembling steps , Her aged mother's door ; He's gone , she cried , and I shall see That angel face no more . I feel , I feel this breaking heart Beat ...
... death - bell smote her ear , Sad sounding in the gale . Just then she reach'd with trembling steps , Her aged mother's door ; He's gone , she cried , and I shall see That angel face no more . I feel , I feel this breaking heart Beat ...
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