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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Page 51
... , As bright , as tranfient too . The bashful look , the rifing breast , Alternate spread alarms : The lovely stranger stands confest A maid in all her charms . D 2 And , And , ah , forgive a ftranger rude , A PASTORAL SONGS . 51.
... , As bright , as tranfient too . The bashful look , the rifing breast , Alternate spread alarms : The lovely stranger stands confest A maid in all her charms . D 2 And , And , ah , forgive a ftranger rude , A PASTORAL SONGS . 51.
Page 62
... o'er the foaming billows She caft a wishful look , Her head was crown'd with willows That trembled o'er the brook . Twelve months are gone and over And nine long tedious Twelve 62 BALLADS AND . Now birds did fing, and morning fmile ...
... o'er the foaming billows She caft a wishful look , Her head was crown'd with willows That trembled o'er the brook . Twelve months are gone and over And nine long tedious Twelve 62 BALLADS AND . Now birds did fing, and morning fmile ...
Page 66
... looks accus'd the cruel maid , And fighs reliev'd his love - fick mind : His tuneful pipe all broken lay , Looks , fighs , and actions feem'd to say , My CHLOE is unkind . Why Why ring the woods with warbling throats ? Ye larks 66 ...
... looks accus'd the cruel maid , And fighs reliev'd his love - fick mind : His tuneful pipe all broken lay , Looks , fighs , and actions feem'd to say , My CHLOE is unkind . Why Why ring the woods with warbling throats ? Ye larks 66 ...
Page 68
... looks difpleas'd , And hafty from his hold withdrew . ' Twas fear alone , thou fimple swain , Then hadft thou preft my hand again ,. My heart had yielded too ! ' Tis true , thy tuneful reed I blam'd , That fwell'd thy lip and rofy cheek ...
... looks difpleas'd , And hafty from his hold withdrew . ' Twas fear alone , thou fimple swain , Then hadft thou preft my hand again ,. My heart had yielded too ! ' Tis true , thy tuneful reed I blam'd , That fwell'd thy lip and rofy cheek ...
Page 71
... looks down on my grave . Let her own that her thepherd was true . Then to her new love let her go , And deck her in golden array , Be finest at every fine show , And frolic it all the long day ; While COLIN forgotten and gone , No more ...
... looks down on my grave . Let her own that her thepherd was true . Then to her new love let her go , And deck her in golden array , Be finest at every fine show , And frolic it all the long day ; While COLIN forgotten and gone , No more ...
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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