Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritR.H. Evans, 1810 - 352 страници |
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... witty and ingenious kind , and totally different from most of the re- mains of antiquity . In particular , the little epigrammatic song which he there cites and translates , is so entirely dissi- milar to the celebrated piece of Sappho ...
... witty and ingenious kind , and totally different from most of the re- mains of antiquity . In particular , the little epigrammatic song which he there cites and translates , is so entirely dissi- milar to the celebrated piece of Sappho ...
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... witty æra of English genius , which I take to be comprehended be- tween the beginning of Charles the Se- cond's reign , and the times of Swift and Prior . Since that period the genius of the age has chiefly been characterised by the ...
... witty æra of English genius , which I take to be comprehended be- tween the beginning of Charles the Se- cond's reign , and the times of Swift and Prior . Since that period the genius of the age has chiefly been characterised by the ...
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... , his pieces would have resembled our next class of witty and ingenious songs , more nearly than those of any ancient Lyric poet . H The following songs of the passionate and descriptive kind , DESCRIPTIVE SONGS . 97.
... , his pieces would have resembled our next class of witty and ingenious songs , more nearly than those of any ancient Lyric poet . H The following songs of the passionate and descriptive kind , DESCRIPTIVE SONGS . 97.
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... death ; And wilt thou o'er his breathless clay Strew flowers and drop the tender tear ; Nor then regret those scenes so gay , Where thou wert fairest of the fair ? ESSAY ON INGENIOUS AND WITTY SONGS . THERE is no - PASSIONATE , & c . 162.
... death ; And wilt thou o'er his breathless clay Strew flowers and drop the tender tear ; Nor then regret those scenes so gay , Where thou wert fairest of the fair ? ESSAY ON INGENIOUS AND WITTY SONGS . THERE is no - PASSIONATE , & c . 162.
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... WITTY SONGS . THERE is no product of mental culti- vation for which we are so little indebted to the ancients , as wit . This has been observed in a former Essay , to be the latest growth of the mind ; and the an- cients had scarcely ...
... WITTY SONGS . THERE is no product of mental culti- vation for which we are so little indebted to the ancients , as wit . This has been observed in a former Essay , to be the latest growth of the mind ; and the an- cients had scarcely ...
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Страница 233 - 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.
Страница 47 - More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Страница 274 - With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Страница 309 - Oh ! young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none, He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone. So faithful in love and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Страница 269 - I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking ; And in the scowl of Heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. "O haste thee, haste!
Страница 235 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Страница 254 - But sure such folks could ne'er beget So sweet a girl as Sally! She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley.
Страница 142 - TO fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove, But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love.
Страница 45 - Forbear, my son," the hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. " Here, to the houseless child of want, My door is open still ; And, though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will " Then turn to-night, and freely share Whate'er my cell bestows ; My rushy couch, and frugal fare, My blessing and repose.
Страница 253 - And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such...