Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritR.H. Evans, 1810 - 352 pages |
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Page xix
... beauty men descry 230 Sabla , thou saw'st the exulting foe 348 Say , lovely dream , where couldst thou find 223 Say , Myra , why is gentle love 191 Say not Olinda I despise . 156 Says Plato why should man be vain 340 She loves and she ...
... beauty men descry 230 Sabla , thou saw'st the exulting foe 348 Say , lovely dream , where couldst thou find 223 Say , Myra , why is gentle love 191 Say not Olinda I despise . 156 Says Plato why should man be vain 340 She loves and she ...
Page xx
... beauty bow What , put off with one denial When all was wrapt in dark midnight When charming Teraminta sings When Damon languish'd at my feet When daisies pied and violets blue When Delia on the plain appears When first I dar'd by soft ...
... beauty bow What , put off with one denial When all was wrapt in dark midnight When charming Teraminta sings When Damon languish'd at my feet When daisies pied and violets blue When Delia on the plain appears When first I dar'd by soft ...
Page xxi
... beauty appears 149 Where the bee sucks , there lurk I 259 While in the bower with beauty blest 127 Why , cruel creature , why so bent 154 Why heaves my fond bosom ! ah , what can it mean 321 Why we love and why we hate 199 Why will ...
... beauty appears 149 Where the bee sucks , there lurk I 259 While in the bower with beauty blest 127 Why , cruel creature , why so bent 154 Why heaves my fond bosom ! ah , what can it mean 321 Why we love and why we hate 199 Why will ...
Page xxvi
... beauty said , and smil'd ; Her rosy breath perfum'd the air , And scatter'd sweet contagion there ; Relenting nature learn'd to languish ; And sicken'd with delightful anguish : Receive him , artless yet and young Refine his air , and ...
... beauty said , and smil'd ; Her rosy breath perfum'd the air , And scatter'd sweet contagion there ; Relenting nature learn'd to languish ; And sicken'd with delightful anguish : Receive him , artless yet and young Refine his air , and ...
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... Tis your's to cull with happy art Each meaning verse that speaks the heart , And fair array'd , in order meet , To lay the wreath at Beauty's feet . ESSAY ' ON SONG - WRITING IN GENERAL . WHILE xxviii ORIGIN OF SONG - WRITING .
... Tis your's to cull with happy art Each meaning verse that speaks the heart , And fair array'd , in order meet , To lay the wreath at Beauty's feet . ESSAY ' ON SONG - WRITING IN GENERAL . WHILE xxviii ORIGIN OF SONG - WRITING .
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