Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritW. Eyres, 1774 - 286 pages |
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... nature , that , I confess , it would Scarcely fatisfy my ambition . During the progress of my researches , I was infenfibly led to make some remarks on the peculiar charac- ter and diverfities of the pieces which passed in review before ...
... nature , that , I confess , it would Scarcely fatisfy my ambition . During the progress of my researches , I was infenfibly led to make some remarks on the peculiar charac- ter and diverfities of the pieces which passed in review before ...
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... nature of fong - writing , and the various diftinctions of which it is fufceptible , together with the specific ex- cellence of each , I find it therefore necef- fary to go far back into the origin of poe- try in general , and to recur ...
... nature of fong - writing , and the various diftinctions of which it is fufceptible , together with the specific ex- cellence of each , I find it therefore necef- fary to go far back into the origin of poe- try in general , and to recur ...
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... nature af forded of the awful , terrific and ftupen- dous . In happier regions , where the mild inhabitants were fuited to the foftness and luxury of the climate , the business of poe- try was to paint the furrounding profufi- on of ...
... nature af forded of the awful , terrific and ftupen- dous . In happier regions , where the mild inhabitants were fuited to the foftness and luxury of the climate , the business of poe- try was to paint the furrounding profufi- on of ...
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... natural comparisons to paint the charms of his mistress , must feek for others to ex- prefs the emotions of his mind . He muft burn with defire , and freeze with disdain ; rage with the ocean , and figh with the ze- phir ; hope muft ...
... natural comparisons to paint the charms of his mistress , must feek for others to ex- prefs the emotions of his mind . He muft burn with defire , and freeze with disdain ; rage with the ocean , and figh with the ze- phir ; hope muft ...
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... natural and invariable symptoms of the paffion of love , would foon be observ- by the poet , and fuccefsfully used to heighten his defcription . Hitherto all is fimple and natural , and poetry fo far from being the art of fiction , is ...
... natural and invariable symptoms of the paffion of love , would foon be observ- by the poet , and fuccefsfully used to heighten his defcription . Hitherto all is fimple and natural , and poetry fo far from being the art of fiction , is ...
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Anacreon antient ballad beauty becauſe blefs bleft bluſh bofom breaſt CATULLUS CELIA charms cheek CHLOE circumſtance compariſon compofition cruel cry'd dear defcription defire deſpair Engliſh epigram expreffion eyes face fair falfe fancy fatire feek fentiment fhade fhall fhepherd fhould figh fimple fimplicity fince fing firft firſt fmiles foft fome fond fong forrows foul fpread ftill fubject fuch fung furprize fwain fweet gentle give grace heart itſelf know my love laft lefs lov'd lover Lyric Lyric poetry maid meaſure moſt mufic muft muſt nature ne'er nymph o'er paffion paftoral pain paſt PHYLLIS pieces pity plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poetical poetry praiſe purpoſe racter reft rofe Sappho ſcene ſhall ſhe SOAME JENYNS ſpeak ſpring ſtill ſtory ſtrain ſweet taſte tears tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Twas vows weep whofe wiſh youth
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Page 53 - Till, quite dejected with my scorn, He left me to my pride, And sought a solitude forlorn, In secret, where he died. " But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay.
Page 86 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page 47 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Page 84 - To visit some far distant shrine, If he bear but a relique away, Is happy, nor heard to repine. Thus, widely remov'd from the fair, Where my vows, my devotion I owe ; Soft hope is the relique I bear, And my solace wherever I go.
Page 164 - For ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to Love, And when we meet a mutual heart Come in between, and bid us part ? Bid us sigh on from day to day, And wish and wish the soul away; Till youth and genial years are flown, And all the life of life is gone...
Page 86 - With the lilac to render it gay ! Already it calls for my love To prune the wild branches away. From the plains, from the woodlands and groves. What strains of wild melody flow!
Page 57 - Ah, Colin ! give not her thy vows, Vows due to me alone : Nor thou, fond maid, receive his kiss, Nor think him all thy own.
Page 108 - A sigh or tear, perhaps, she'll give, But love on pity cannot live. Tell her that hearts for hearts were made, And love with love is only paid.
Page 54 - Twas Edwin's self that press'd. « Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, ^ ^ Restored to love and thee. « Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign ; And shall we never, never part, My life — my all that's mine? « No, never from this hour to part, We'll live and love so true; The sigh that rends thy constant heart, Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Page 87 - Are the groves and the valleys as gay, And the shepherds as gentle as ours ? The groves may perhaps be as fair, And the face of the valleys as fine ; The swains may in manners compare, But their love is not equal to mine.