The Songs of England and Scotland, Volume 1J. Cochrane, 1835 - Ballads, English |
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Page i
... POETRY , Music , and Painting , are universally ac- knowledged to be the early offspring of all nations , even in their rudest state , " wherever language is found , " says Mr. Southey , verse of some kind or other is found also ...
... POETRY , Music , and Painting , are universally ac- knowledged to be the early offspring of all nations , even in their rudest state , " wherever language is found , " says Mr. Southey , verse of some kind or other is found also ...
Page ii
... poetry ” * to the praise of their Creator , who had placed them in the midst of such blessings ; and so Milton has poetically , and per- haps , correctly described them . To some discon- solate swain who was desirous of making widely ...
... poetry ” * to the praise of their Creator , who had placed them in the midst of such blessings ; and so Milton has poetically , and per- haps , correctly described them . To some discon- solate swain who was desirous of making widely ...
Page iii
... poets who sat down resolutely to sing of Chloe or Amynta , not remembering a brother has said , that- " Joys unfelt ... poet till he got heartily in love , and then rhyme and song were the spontaneous language of his heart : a heart that ...
... poets who sat down resolutely to sing of Chloe or Amynta , not remembering a brother has said , that- " Joys unfelt ... poet till he got heartily in love , and then rhyme and song were the spontaneous language of his heart : a heart that ...
Page v
... to the imagination to settle . 6 In the early history of Britain , we find a class of Hist . Essay on National Song , p . 3 . + See his History of America . ་ sacred poets existing , denominated BARDS , who are INTRODUCTION .
... to the imagination to settle . 6 In the early history of Britain , we find a class of Hist . Essay on National Song , p . 3 . + See his History of America . ་ sacred poets existing , denominated BARDS , who are INTRODUCTION .
Page vi
... poetry no longer remained a separate science , this office with its numerous religious cere- monies , gave place to a new rank of poets called Gleemen or Harpers , of whom the English Minstrels are reckoned as the genuine successors ...
... poetry no longer remained a separate science , this office with its numerous religious cere- monies , gave place to a new rank of poets called Gleemen or Harpers , of whom the English Minstrels are reckoned as the genuine successors ...
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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