The Songs of England and Scotland, Volume 1J. Cochrane, 1835 - Ballads, English |
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Page iii
... never sung . " To come nearer our own day , and to illustrate our opinion , we are told by Burns himself , that he never had the least inclination of turning poet till he got heartily in love , and then rhyme and song were the ...
... never sung . " To come nearer our own day , and to illustrate our opinion , we are told by Burns himself , that he never had the least inclination of turning poet till he got heartily in love , and then rhyme and song were the ...
Page v
... never allowed to participate . Their songs were chiefly of a martial kind , for women were considered as mere slaves , and treated with something like contempt . In an old writer quoted by Ritson , we find that the natives of His ...
... never allowed to participate . Their songs were chiefly of a martial kind , for women were considered as mere slaves , and treated with something like contempt . In an old writer quoted by Ritson , we find that the natives of His ...
Page ix
... never be applied to a class of men , one of whom , the joculator or minstrel of William the Conqueror , had lands allotted to him in Gloucestershire . † While one of the same individuals was a camp attendant of Edward the * Percy's ...
... never be applied to a class of men , one of whom , the joculator or minstrel of William the Conqueror , had lands allotted to him in Gloucestershire . † While one of the same individuals was a camp attendant of Edward the * Percy's ...
Page xxi
Another of the little pieces contained in it , which has likewise never before been referred to , comes from a favoured lover in praise of his mistress . If I hade wytt for to endyte Off my lady both fayre and free Of her goodnesse then ...
Another of the little pieces contained in it , which has likewise never before been referred to , comes from a favoured lover in praise of his mistress . If I hade wytt for to endyte Off my lady both fayre and free Of her goodnesse then ...
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... never nothing more me pain'd , Nor more my pity mov'd , As when my sweetheart her complain'd , That ever she me lov'd- Alas ! the while ! The beautiful pastoral ballad ‹ Harpalus , ' is a composition of this period , the exquisite ...
... never nothing more me pain'd , Nor more my pity mov'd , As when my sweetheart her complain'd , That ever she me lov'd- Alas ! the while ! The beautiful pastoral ballad ‹ Harpalus , ' is a composition of this period , the exquisite ...
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Amynta ballad BARRY CORNWALL beauty BEN JONSON birds blest bliss Born bosom bowers breast breath bright Burns Celia CHARLES DIBDIN charms cheek Crazy Jane dear delight despair disdain divine doth drink Dryden EDMUND WALLER English eyes fair Falero flowers garland gentle give grace grove happy HARRY CAREY hath heart JOHN JOHN DRYDEN JOHN GAY JOHN WOLCOT JONSON joys kind kiss Kytt Lady lero lips live look Lord LORD BYRON loue lov'd Love's lover maid MATTHEW PRIOR Minstrels ne'er never night nymph o'er pain passion Percy Phillida Phillis pleasure Poems poetry poets poor pride printed Queen R. B. SHERIDAN Ritson rose says shepherd sighs sing smiles soft song sorrow soul spring sung swain sweet Molly tears tell tender thee thine THOMAS CAREW thought thro Twas verses voice vows wanton weep wind wine youth