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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... Should some perverse malignant star Stella and Flåvia every hour Strephon has fashion , wit and youth Strephon , when you see me fly Swain , thy hopeless passion smother AELL me no more I am deceiv'd T Tell me not I my time mispend Tell ...
... Should some perverse malignant star Stella and Flåvia every hour Strephon has fashion , wit and youth Strephon , when you see me fly Swain , thy hopeless passion smother AELL me no more I am deceiv'd T Tell me not I my time mispend Tell ...
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... should be particularly careful that fimplicity reigns in the thoughts as well as the language , a very effential piece of uni- formity , which yet fome writers of eminence have not always obferved . If the piece be narrative , fuch ...
... should be particularly careful that fimplicity reigns in the thoughts as well as the language , a very effential piece of uni- formity , which yet fome writers of eminence have not always obferved . If the piece be narrative , fuch ...
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... should forrow last ? Since grief but aggravates thy lofs , Grieve not for what is past . O fay not fo , thou holy friar ; I pray thee , fay not so : For fince my true - love died for me , ' Tis meet my tears should flow , And will he ne ...
... should forrow last ? Since grief but aggravates thy lofs , Grieve not for what is past . O fay not fo , thou holy friar ; I pray thee , fay not so : For fince my true - love died for me , ' Tis meet my tears should flow , And will he ne ...
Page 63
... Should fome coaft be laid on you Where gold and diamonds grow , You'll find a richer maiden , But none that loves you fo . How can they say that Nature Has nothing made in vain ; Why then beneath the water Do hideous rocks remain ? No ...
... Should fome coaft be laid on you Where gold and diamonds grow , You'll find a richer maiden , But none that loves you fo . How can they say that Nature Has nothing made in vain ; Why then beneath the water Do hideous rocks remain ? No ...
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... should you your fong forbear ? Your mates delight your fong to hear , But CHLOE mine difdains . As thus he melancholy stood , Dejected as the lonely dove , Sweet founds broke gently through the wood . I feel the found ; my heart ...
... should you your fong forbear ? Your mates delight your fong to hear , But CHLOE mine difdains . As thus he melancholy stood , Dejected as the lonely dove , Sweet founds broke gently through the wood . I feel the found ; my heart ...
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Anacreon antient ballad beauty becauſe bleffing bleft bofom breaſt CELIA charms CHLOE circumftance compariſon compofition cruel dear defire deſcription deſpair eaſe Engliſh epigram expreffion eyes fair fancy fatire feek feem fentiment fhade fhall fhepherd fhould figh fimple fimplicity fince fing firſt fmiles foft fome fond fong fong-writing forrows foul ftill fubject fuch furprize fwain fweet gentle give grace heart itſelf kind know my love laſt lefs lover Lyric Lyric poetry maid meaſure moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature ne'er nymph o'er paffion paftoral pain paſt PHYLLIS pieces pity pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poetical poetry praiſe purpoſe racter reft Sappho ſcene ſhall ſhe SOAME JENYNS ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtay ſtill ſtrain ſwain ſweet taſte tears tell tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro tivation treaſure Twas uſed vows whofe Whoſe wiſh youth