Airs to the songsJ. Johnson, 1783 |
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... drink wine . I can drink wine . SONG VII . A book , a friend , a fong , a glass . Thompson . No air known . SONG VIII . Says Plato , why fhould man be vain . Pil- Moderately . [ kington . Says Plato , why fhould man be vain , Since ...
... drink wine . I can drink wine . SONG VII . A book , a friend , a fong , a glass . Thompson . No air known . SONG VIII . Says Plato , why fhould man be vain . Pil- Moderately . [ kington . Says Plato , why fhould man be vain , Since ...
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... Come now , all ye focial pow'rs , Shed your influence r o'er us ; Crown with joy the prefent hours , En- liven thofe be - fore us : Bring the flask , the mufic bring , Joy fhall quickly find us ; Drink mufic well. ...
... Come now , all ye focial pow'rs , Shed your influence r o'er us ; Crown with joy the prefent hours , En- liven thofe be - fore us : Bring the flask , the mufic bring , Joy fhall quickly find us ; Drink mufic well. ...
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mufic bring , Joy fhall quickly find us ; Drink and dance , and laugh and fing , And caft dull care be- CHORUS . hind us ; Bring the flask , the mufic bring , tr Joy fhall quickly find us ; Drink and dance and laugh and fing , And caft ...
mufic bring , Joy fhall quickly find us ; Drink and dance , and laugh and fing , And caft dull care be- CHORUS . hind us ; Bring the flask , the mufic bring , tr Joy fhall quickly find us ; Drink and dance and laugh and fing , And caft ...
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... ** Adagio . Allegro . con - fo - lation in the grave , That once I had the world my flave ; That once I had the world my flave ; my da- fr tr -ve ; That once I had the world my flave . B 4 SONG XVI . SONG XVI . Let us drink and be merry .
... ** Adagio . Allegro . con - fo - lation in the grave , That once I had the world my flave ; That once I had the world my flave ; my da- fr tr -ve ; That once I had the world my flave . B 4 SONG XVI . SONG XVI . Let us drink and be merry .
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SONG XVI . Let us drink and be merry . & Let us drink and be merry , Dance joke and re- joice , With claret and fherry , The - or - bo and voice . The changeable world To our joy is unjuft . All treasure's uncertain , Then down with ...
SONG XVI . Let us drink and be merry . & Let us drink and be merry , Dance joke and re- joice , With claret and fherry , The - or - bo and voice . The changeable world To our joy is unjuft . All treasure's uncertain , Then down with ...
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a-way air known Air unknown Allegro Andante Arne BALLAD beauty blifs bottle's the fun Boyce caft Carey Celia charms Chloe CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONAL cuckow Damon dear defire dimpled boy drink Drop-ing eyes fair falfe feem fhall fhepherd fhould figh fing firft firſt flain flave flocks flow'rs foft fome fong foon foul ftill ftream fuch fung fwain fweet gentle give glafs glaſs grove HARRY CAREY heart Henry Lawes Henry Purcell hither honeft inferting John Blow king la la la lafs lefs lover Michael Arne mild ale Moderato mufe mufic muft muſt ne'er nymph o'er originally fet paffion pain Phillis pleafing pleaſure pow'r rofe Set by dr SONG VII SONG VIII SONG X SONG XI SONG XXX SONG XXXVII ſtate ſweet tell thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou treaſure tune whofe winds wine youth
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Page 27 - Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wistful look ; Her head was crown'd with willows That trembled o'er the brook. Twelve months are gone and over, And nine long tedious days ; Why didst thou...
Page xcvii - Who love to be told where good claret's in store, Attend to the call Of one who's ne'er frighted, But greatly delighted, With six bottles more : Be sure you don't pass The good house Money-glass, Which the jolly red god so peculiarly owns ; 'Twill well suit your humour. For pray what would you more, Than mirth, with good claret, and bumpers, Squire Jones.
Page 4 - So disguise shall, by the disguised, Pay with falsehood false exacting, And perform an old contracting. [Exit. ACT IV. SCENE I. — A Room in Mariana'* House. MARIANA discovered sitting; a Boy singing. SONG. Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain. seal'd in vain.
Page xcvii - No glory I covet ! no riches I want ! Ambition is nothing to me ! The one thing I beg of kind Heaven to grant, Is a mind independent and free.
Page xxxviii - No more of my Harriot, of Polly no more, Nor all the bright beauties that charm'd me before; My heart for a slave to gay Venus I've sold, And barter'd my freedom for ringlets of gold: I'll throw down my pipe, and neglect all my flocks, And will sing to my lass with the golden locks. Tho...
Page 21 - YE shepherds, give ear to my lay, And take no more heed of my sheep; They have nothing to do but to stray ; I have nothing to do but to weep. Yet do...
Page 10 - THE heavy hours are almost past That part my Love and me; My longing eyes may hope, at last, Their only wish to see! ' But how, my DELIA ! will you meet The man you've lost so long...
Page xliv - Shakespeare would dream, The fairies by moonlight dance round his green bed For hallow'd the turf is which pillow'd his head.
Page lii - Where we will sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. And I will make thee beds of roses, And...
Page xcvii - THE Women all tell me, I'm false to my Lass ; That I quit my poor CHLOE, and stick to my Glass But to you, Men of Reason, my reasons I'll own ; And if you don't like them, why, let them alone ! Although I have left her, the truth I'll declare!