The Songs of England and Scotland, Volume 1J. Cochrane, 1835 - Ballads, English |
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... pleasures all thou dost retard To aid Adversity . Alas ! I love a goodly one , Who loveth me again- It is for her I live alone- Though thou dost shower disdain . To have her hand I think me sure , O Fortune cry consent- And change thy ...
... pleasures all thou dost retard To aid Adversity . Alas ! I love a goodly one , Who loveth me again- It is for her I live alone- Though thou dost shower disdain . To have her hand I think me sure , O Fortune cry consent- And change thy ...
Page xxiv
... pleasure , in youth is pleasure . Methought I walked stil to and fro , And from her company I could not go ; But when I waked it was not so : In youth is pleasure , in youth is pleasure . Harl . MS .7578 . Therfore my hart is surely ...
... pleasure , in youth is pleasure . Methought I walked stil to and fro , And from her company I could not go ; But when I waked it was not so : In youth is pleasure , in youth is pleasure . Harl . MS .7578 . Therfore my hart is surely ...
Page xxv
... pleasure , in youth is pleasure . These selections are among the very best speci- mens of our old songs that have come down to us . If they have all the simplicity of the old ballad , they lack something of the poetic fervour of expres ...
... pleasure , in youth is pleasure . These selections are among the very best speci- mens of our old songs that have come down to us . If they have all the simplicity of the old ballad , they lack something of the poetic fervour of expres ...
Page xxx
... pleasure . ' Shirley's Death's Final Conquest , ' is full of the finest moral grandeur . Carew has been called by Pope a bad Waller- but neither Waller or Pope have happier touches of truth than are frequently found in Carew , who de ...
... pleasure . ' Shirley's Death's Final Conquest , ' is full of the finest moral grandeur . Carew has been called by Pope a bad Waller- but neither Waller or Pope have happier touches of truth than are frequently found in Carew , who de ...
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... pleasures prove , That grove or valley , hill or field , Or wood and steepy mountain yield . Where we will sit on rising rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks . By shallow rivers , to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals ...
... pleasures prove , That grove or valley , hill or field , Or wood and steepy mountain yield . Where we will sit on rising rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks . By shallow rivers , to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals ...
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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