The Songs of England and Scotland, Volume 1J. Cochrane, 1835 - Ballads, English |
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Page vi
... printing , our ancestors , who according to Sir Walter Scott , had little conversational powers , encouraged the two most delightful arts , to drown care and afford amusement . The ancient Bards or Scalds , merely sang in praise of ...
... printing , our ancestors , who according to Sir Walter Scott , had little conversational powers , encouraged the two most delightful arts , to drown care and afford amusement . The ancient Bards or Scalds , merely sang in praise of ...
Page ix
... printed in his collection , the fragment of the ancient romance of Guy and Colbronde , which we wish he had brought forward to support his position , for Ritson could not have quietly passed it over : it begins thus- When meete and ...
... printed in his collection , the fragment of the ancient romance of Guy and Colbronde , which we wish he had brought forward to support his position , for Ritson could not have quietly passed it over : it begins thus- When meete and ...
Page x
... printing had diffused literature through the land , the place of the minstrels was supplied , and gradually that poetic race sank into neglect and obscurity , frequenting taverns , and accepting the poor man's groat , instead of ...
... printing had diffused literature through the land , the place of the minstrels was supplied , and gradually that poetic race sank into neglect and obscurity , frequenting taverns , and accepting the poor man's groat , instead of ...
Page xi
... printed by Mr. George Ellis , runs : - And of Ipomydon here is a fytte . The chief musical instruments in the days of Chaucer were the harp , which the wanton Frere could play on - and the wife of Bath had oft danced to . The sautrie or ...
... printed by Mr. George Ellis , runs : - And of Ipomydon here is a fytte . The chief musical instruments in the days of Chaucer were the harp , which the wanton Frere could play on - and the wife of Bath had oft danced to . The sautrie or ...
Page xii
... printed a song " in praise of the the cymbal , the tabour , the symphonie . The bagpipe , the hornpipe , with " flutes and litlyng hornes , " also : - Pipes , trompes , nakeres and clarionnes That in the bataille blowen blody sounes ...
... printed a song " in praise of the the cymbal , the tabour , the symphonie . The bagpipe , the hornpipe , with " flutes and litlyng hornes , " also : - Pipes , trompes , nakeres and clarionnes That in the bataille blowen blody sounes ...
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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