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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... adorn the gay plain 162 " Ye shepherds give ear to my lay 98 Ye shepherds fo chearful and gay 90 Yes , I'm in love , I feel it now Young I am and yet unskill'd b 229 172 NAMES OF AUTHORS , WITH REFERENCES . Page . 123.
... adorn the gay plain 162 " Ye shepherds give ear to my lay 98 Ye shepherds fo chearful and gay 90 Yes , I'm in love , I feel it now Young I am and yet unskill'd b 229 172 NAMES OF AUTHORS , WITH REFERENCES . Page . 123.
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... feel the found ; my heart - ftrings move : ' Twas not the nightingale that fung ; No , ' tis my CHLOE's fweeter tongue , Hark , hark , what fays my love ! How foolish is the nymph , fhe cries , Who trifles with her lover's pain ! Nature ...
... feel the found ; my heart - ftrings move : ' Twas not the nightingale that fung ; No , ' tis my CHLOE's fweeter tongue , Hark , hark , what fays my love ! How foolish is the nymph , fhe cries , Who trifles with her lover's pain ! Nature ...
Page 82
... feeling heart . A mutual flame was quickly caught , Was quickly too reveal'd ; For neither bofom lodg'd a wish , Which virtue keeps conceal'd . What happy hours of heartfelt bliss , Did love on both bestow ! But blifs too mighty long to ...
... feeling heart . A mutual flame was quickly caught , Was quickly too reveal'd ; For neither bofom lodg'd a wish , Which virtue keeps conceal'd . What happy hours of heartfelt bliss , Did love on both bestow ! But blifs too mighty long to ...
Page 85
... feel , I feel this breaking heart Beat high against my fide : From her white arm down funk her head , She fhiver'd , figh'd , and died . F 3 MALLET . TH HE weftern fky was purpled o'er With every pleafing PASTORAL SONGS . 85.
... feel , I feel this breaking heart Beat high against my fide : From her white arm down funk her head , She fhiver'd , figh'd , and died . F 3 MALLET . TH HE weftern fky was purpled o'er With every pleafing PASTORAL SONGS . 85.
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... feel the foft refiftless flame Glide swift thro ' all my vital frame . For while I gaze , my bofom glows , My blood in tides impetuous flows ; Hope , fear , and joy alternate roll , And floods of transport whelm my foul . My fault'ring ...
... feel the foft refiftless flame Glide swift thro ' all my vital frame . For while I gaze , my bofom glows , My blood in tides impetuous flows ; Hope , fear , and joy alternate roll , And floods of transport whelm my foul . My fault'ring ...
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