The Tea-table Miscellany: A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots & English, Volume 2 |
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... shall hear A woman's ware , like china Ah ! bright Belinda , hither fly Ah ! woes me , poor Willy cry'd Alexis , how artless a lover Alexis fhunn'd his fellow - fwains All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd All you that would refine your ...
... shall hear A woman's ware , like china Ah ! bright Belinda , hither fly Ah ! woes me , poor Willy cry'd Alexis , how artless a lover Alexis fhunn'd his fellow - fwains All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd All you that would refine your ...
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... Shall I , wafting in despair Since drinking has power to bring us relief Since laws were made for every degree Since times are so bad , I must tell thee , & c . Since we die by the help of good wine Singing charms the blefs'd above Some ...
... Shall I , wafting in despair Since drinking has power to bring us relief Since laws were made for every degree Since times are so bad , I must tell thee , & c . Since we die by the help of good wine Singing charms the blefs'd above Some ...
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... shall part , Now becomes all the smart , Now becomes all the smart , Till he vow'd to his fair , That to ease his own care , He would meet her again , And till then be in pain , In a manner so soft , so engaging and sweet , As foon ...
... shall part , Now becomes all the smart , Now becomes all the smart , Till he vow'd to his fair , That to ease his own care , He would meet her again , And till then be in pain , In a manner so soft , so engaging and sweet , As foon ...
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... shall ever true remain , Let me kifs off that falling tear , We only part to meet again ; Change as ye lift , ye winds , my heart shall be The faithful compass that still points at thee . Believe not what the landmen say , Who tempt ...
... shall ever true remain , Let me kifs off that falling tear , We only part to meet again ; Change as ye lift , ye winds , my heart shall be The faithful compass that still points at thee . Believe not what the landmen say , Who tempt ...
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... shall follow thee . The lamb the flow'ry thyme devours , The dam the tender kid pursues , Sweet Philomel , in fhady bowers Of verdant spring , her note renews ; All follow what they most admire , As I pursue my foul's defire . Nature ...
... shall follow thee . The lamb the flow'ry thyme devours , The dam the tender kid pursues , Sweet Philomel , in fhady bowers Of verdant spring , her note renews ; All follow what they most admire , As I pursue my foul's defire . Nature ...
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beauty Becauſe Bellaſpelling beſt bluſhes bonny breaſt Celia charms chearful Chloe cou'd cry'd dear defire derol Derry deſpair diſcover drink e'er Earl of Murray eaſe eaſy eyes fair falſe fcorn fhall fighs fing firſt fleep foft fome fooliſh foon forrow foul frae freſh ftill fuch fwain fweet glaſs gowans are gay heart himſelf houſe Invermay joys kind kiſs laſs laſt loft loſe lov'd lover maid maſon merry miſtreſs moſt muſt ne'er never night nymph o'er paffion pain paſs paſt Phillis pleaſe pleaſure poor praiſe pray purſue raiſe reaſon reſt roſe ſaid ſay ſee ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſkies ſmiling ſoft SONG ſpeak ſports ſpring ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtream Strephon ſwain ſweet tell thee There's theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro treaſure trifle Twas uſe vex'd vows Whilft Whoſe wife wine wiſh wou'd young
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Page 143 - O dinna ye mind, young man," said she, "When ye was in the tavern a drinking, That ye made the healths gae round and round, And slighted Barbara Allan?" He turnd his face unto the wall, And death was with him dealing: "Adieu, adieu, my dear friends all, And be kind to Barbara Allan.
Page 236 - Since laws were made, for every degree, To curb vice in others, as well as in me, I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree. But gold, from law, can take out the sting ; And if rich men, like us, were to swing, 'Twould thin the land, such numbers to string Upon Tyburn tree.
Page 21 - twas a pleasure too great ; I listen'd, and cried when she sung, Was nightingale ever so sweet ! How foolish was I to believe, She could dote on so lowly a clown, Or that her fond heart would not grieve To forsake the fine folk of the town ; To think that a beauty so gay So kind and so constant would prove, Or go clad, like our maidens, in...
Page 151 - Nor think him all thy own. To-morrow, in the church to wed, Impatient, both prepare ! But know, fond maid ; and know, false man, That Lucy will be there ! " Then bear my corse, my comrades, bear, This bridegroom blithe to meet, He in his wedding-trim so gay, I in my winding-sheet.
Page 150 - The solemn boding sound, And thus in dying words bespoke The virgins weeping round...
Page 7 - William, who high upon the yard, Rock'd with the billows to and fro. Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sigh'd and cast his eyes below: The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
Page 58 - Away with your sheephooks, and take to your arms : Then laurels and myrtles your brows shall adorn, When Pan, and his son, and fair Syrinx return.
Page 14 - Of all the days that's in the week I dearly love but one day — And that's the day that comes betwixt A Saturday and Monday...
Page 75 - O'er my dim Eyes a Darkness hung; My Ears with hollow Murmurs rung. In dewy Damps my Limbs were chill'd; My Blood with gentle Horrors thrill'd; My feeble Pulse forgot to play, I fainted, sunk, and dy'd away.
Page 20 - Ghosts.* r \ESPAIRING beside a clear stream, A shepherd forsaken was laid ; And while a false nymph was 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.