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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... fall- ing into a natural music . So far Lyric poetry is characterised by its manner of composition ; will it also admit of a Character from the nature of its subjects ? It has been already ob- served that the pieces of Sappho and ...
... fall- ing into a natural music . So far Lyric poetry is characterised by its manner of composition ; will it also admit of a Character from the nature of its subjects ? It has been already ob- served that the pieces of Sappho and ...
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... language , and raise it above its ordinary pitch . q won Critics have very commonly lamented that the moderns fall short of the ancients more particularly in this species of poetry C than in any other ; yet , did it belong DIN GENERAL . 17.
... language , and raise it above its ordinary pitch . q won Critics have very commonly lamented that the moderns fall short of the ancients more particularly in this species of poetry C than in any other ; yet , did it belong DIN GENERAL . 17.
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... fall in his way . They have no business here ; they do not accord with that string of the soul which is here to be struck . - As it is absolutely essential to all imita- tions of the ancient Ballad , that the story on which they are ...
... fall in his way . They have no business here ; they do not accord with that string of the soul which is here to be struck . - As it is absolutely essential to all imita- tions of the ancient Ballad , that the story on which they are ...
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... fall into who describe from ideas gained by reading rather than observation . The preservation of propriety in this respect is of capital importance in description , since nothing so effectually ruins the beauty of picturesque scenery ...
... fall into who describe from ideas gained by reading rather than observation . The preservation of propriety in this respect is of capital importance in description , since nothing so effectually ruins the beauty of picturesque scenery ...
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... fall . O stay me not , thou holy friar ; O stay me not , I pray ; No drizzly rain that falls on me , Can wash my fault away . Yet stay , fair lady , turn again , And dry those pearly tears ; gown of For see beneath this gray Thy own ...
... fall . O stay me not , thou holy friar ; O stay me not , I pray ; No drizzly rain that falls on me , Can wash my fault away . Yet stay , fair lady , turn again , And dry those pearly tears ; gown of For see beneath this gray Thy own ...
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