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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... Phyllis fat 165 As Ariana young and fair 265 As near a weeping spring reclin'd 128 As on a fummer's day 72 244 As the fnow in vallies lying At Cynthia's feet I pray'd , I wept Away , let nought to love displeasing B ID me when forty ...
... Phyllis fat 165 As Ariana young and fair 265 As near a weeping spring reclin'd 128 As on a fummer's day 72 244 As the fnow in vallies lying At Cynthia's feet I pray'd , I wept Away , let nought to love displeasing B ID me when forty ...
Page 91
... PHYLLIS farewel , Since PHYLLIS vouchfaf'd me a look , I never once dreamt of my vine ; May I lose both my pipe and my crook , If I knew of a kid that was mine . I priz'd every hour that went by , Beyond all that had pleas'd me before ...
... PHYLLIS farewel , Since PHYLLIS vouchfaf'd me a look , I never once dreamt of my vine ; May I lose both my pipe and my crook , If I knew of a kid that was mine . I priz'd every hour that went by , Beyond all that had pleas'd me before ...
Page 96
... allow her to fmile . For when PARIDEL tries in the dance Any favour with PHYLLIS to find , O how , with one trivial glance , Might she ruin the peace of my mind ! In ringlets he dreffes his hair ,. And his crook In 96 BALLADS AND W ...
... allow her to fmile . For when PARIDEL tries in the dance Any favour with PHYLLIS to find , O how , with one trivial glance , Might she ruin the peace of my mind ! In ringlets he dreffes his hair ,. And his crook In 96 BALLADS AND W ...
Page 97
... PHYLLIS's feet . O PHYLLIS , he whispers , more fair , More sweet than the jeffamin's flow'r ! What are pinks , in a morn , to compare ? What is eglantine , after a show'r ? Then the lily no longer is white ; Then the rofe is depriv'd ...
... PHYLLIS's feet . O PHYLLIS , he whispers , more fair , More sweet than the jeffamin's flow'r ! What are pinks , in a morn , to compare ? What is eglantine , after a show'r ? Then the lily no longer is white ; Then the rofe is depriv'd ...
Page 98
... PHYLLIS to lend it an ear . Let his crook be with hyacinths bound , So PHYLLIS the trophy defpife ; Let his forehead with laurels be crown'd , So they fhine not in PHYLLIS's eyes . The language that flows from the heart Is a ftranger to ...
... PHYLLIS to lend it an ear . Let his crook be with hyacinths bound , So PHYLLIS the trophy defpife ; Let his forehead with laurels be crown'd , So they fhine not in PHYLLIS's eyes . The language that flows from the heart Is a ftranger to ...
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