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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... plain , dear youth , those tell - tale eyes 117 To the brook and the willow that heard him complain 139 Turn , gentle hermit of the dale 42 ' Twas when the seas were roaring 56 Vain are the charms of white and red 212 Waft me , soft and ...
... plain , dear youth , those tell - tale eyes 117 To the brook and the willow that heard him complain 139 Turn , gentle hermit of the dale 42 ' Twas when the seas were roaring 56 Vain are the charms of white and red 212 Waft me , soft and ...
Page xxi
... plain Ye shepherds give ear to my lay 147 -89 Ye shepherds so cheerful and gay 82 Ye virgin Powers defend my heart 325 Yes , I'm in love , I feel it now 204 You tell me I'm handsome , I know not how true 294 Young I am , and yet unskill ...
... plain Ye shepherds give ear to my lay 147 -89 Ye shepherds so cheerful and gay 82 Ye virgin Powers defend my heart 325 Yes , I'm in love , I feel it now 204 You tell me I'm handsome , I know not how true 294 Young I am , and yet unskill ...
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... plains , The British pipe has caught the strains ; And where the Tweed's pure current glides , Or lofty rolls her limpid tides , Or Thames his oozy waters leads Thro ' rural bowers , or yellow meads , › With many an old romantic tale ...
... plains , The British pipe has caught the strains ; And where the Tweed's pure current glides , Or lofty rolls her limpid tides , Or Thames his oozy waters leads Thro ' rural bowers , or yellow meads , › With many an old romantic tale ...
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... plains , is all fiction here ; and though by reading we may be so familiarized to these imaginary scenes as to acquire a sort of natural taste for them , yet , like the fine fruits of the south , they will never be so far naturalized to ...
... plains , is all fiction here ; and though by reading we may be so familiarized to these imaginary scenes as to acquire a sort of natural taste for them , yet , like the fine fruits of the south , they will never be so far naturalized to ...
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... his theme , A willow supported his head ; The wind that blew over the plain To his sighs with a sigh did reply , And the brook in return to his pain Ran mournfully murmuring by . Alas ! silly swain that I was ! Thus sadly 62 BALLADS AND.
... his theme , A willow supported his head ; The wind that blew over the plain To his sighs with a sigh did reply , And the brook in return to his pain Ran mournfully murmuring by . Alas ! silly swain that I was ! Thus sadly 62 BALLADS AND.
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