Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritW. Eyres, 1774 - 286 страници |
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... And water from the spring . Then , pilgrim , turn , thy cares forego ; For earth - born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below , Nor wants that little long . Soft Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends , His gentle 48 BALLADS AND.
... And water from the spring . Then , pilgrim , turn , thy cares forego ; For earth - born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below , Nor wants that little long . Soft Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends , His gentle 48 BALLADS AND.
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... gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bends , And follows to the cell . Far in a wilderness obfcure The lonely mansion lay ; A refuge to the neighbouring poor , And ftranger led astray . No ftores beneath its humble thatch ...
... gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bends , And follows to the cell . Far in a wilderness obfcure The lonely mansion lay ; A refuge to the neighbouring poor , And ftranger led astray . No ftores beneath its humble thatch ...
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... gently through the wood , I 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 ...
... gently through the wood , I 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 ...
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... excecd . No daify nor fweet blufhing rofe Nor all the gay flowers of the field , Nor Tweed gliding gently thro ' those Such beauty and pleasure can yield . The The warblers are heard in each grove , The linnet PASTORAL SONGS . 79.
... excecd . No daify nor fweet blufhing rofe Nor all the gay flowers of the field , Nor Tweed gliding gently thro ' those Such beauty and pleasure can yield . The The warblers are heard in each grove , The linnet PASTORAL SONGS . 79.
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... gentle heart a war Of differing paffions ftrove ; His heart which durft not disobey , Yet could not cease to love . Deny'd her fight , he oft behind , The spreading hawthorn crept , To snatch a glance , to mark the spot Where EMMA walk ...
... gentle heart a war Of differing paffions ftrove ; His heart which durft not disobey , Yet could not cease to love . Deny'd her fight , he oft behind , The spreading hawthorn crept , To snatch a glance , to mark the spot Where EMMA walk ...
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Страница 94 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Страница 53 - Till, quite dejected with my scorn, He left me to my pride, And sought a solitude forlorn, In secret, where he died. " But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay.
Страница 157 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Страница 171 - OR ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to love, And when we meet a mutual heart, Come in between, and bid us part : Bid us sigh on from day to day, And wish, and wish the soul away; Till youth and genial years are flown, And all the life of life...
Страница 50 - The crackling faggot flies. But nothing could a charm impart To soothe the stranger's woe; For grief was heavy at his heart, And tears began to flow. His rising cares the Hermit spied, With answering care opprest : " And whence, unhappy youth," he cried, " The sorrows of thy breast ? " From better habitations spurn'd, Reluctant dost thou rove?
Страница 93 - Not a pine in my grove is there seen, But with tendrils of woodbine is bound; Not a beech's more beautiful green But a sweet-brier entwines it around. Not my fields, in the prime of the year, More charms than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold.
Страница 47 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Страница 71 - And when she looks down on my grave, Let her own that her shepherd was true. Then to her new love let her go. And deck her in golden array ; Be...
Страница 63 - That trembled o'er the brook. Twelve months are gone and over, And nine long tedious days ; Why didst thou...
Страница 57 - Ah, Colin ! give not her thy vows, Vows due to me alone : Nor thou, fond maid, receive his kiss, Nor think him all thy own.