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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... darts 345 Tell my Strephon that I die 143 The boatmen shout , ' tis time to part 276 The day is departed and round from the cloud 272 The Graces and the wand'ring Loves 223 The heavy hours are almost past 107 The merchant , to secure ...
... darts 345 Tell my Strephon that I die 143 The boatmen shout , ' tis time to part 276 The day is departed and round from the cloud 272 The Graces and the wand'ring Loves 223 The heavy hours are almost past 107 The merchant , to secure ...
Page xxv
... dart ; But heroes scorn'd the idle boy , And love was but a shepherd's toy : When Venus , vex'd to see her child Amid the forests thus run wild , Would point him out some nobler game , Gods , and godlike men to tame . She seiz'd the ...
... dart ; But heroes scorn'd the idle boy , And love was but a shepherd's toy : When Venus , vex'd to see her child Amid the forests thus run wild , Would point him out some nobler game , Gods , and godlike men to tame . She seiz'd the ...
Page xxvi
... dart Resistless thro ' the glowing heart ; Of power to lift the fixed soul High o'er fortune's proud controul ; Kindling deep , prophetic musing ; Love of beauteous death infusing ; Scorn , and unconquerable hate Of tyrant pride's ...
... dart Resistless thro ' the glowing heart ; Of power to lift the fixed soul High o'er fortune's proud controul ; Kindling deep , prophetic musing ; Love of beauteous death infusing ; Scorn , and unconquerable hate Of tyrant pride's ...
Page xxvii
... darts are found , Twice ten thousand times to wound . Now no more the slacken'd strings Breathes of high immortal things , But Cupid tunes the Muse's lyre To languid notes of soft desire . In ev'ry clime , in ev'ry tongue , " Tis love ...
... darts are found , Twice ten thousand times to wound . Now no more the slacken'd strings Breathes of high immortal things , But Cupid tunes the Muse's lyre To languid notes of soft desire . In ev'ry clime , in ev'ry tongue , " Tis love ...
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... dart , Ten thousand torments vex my heart , I love , and I despair . Too much , Alexis , have I heard , " Tis what I thought , ' tis what I fear'd , And yet I pardon you , she cried ; But you shall promise ne'er again , To breathe your ...
... dart , Ten thousand torments vex my heart , I love , and I despair . Too much , Alexis , have I heard , " Tis what I thought , ' tis what I fear'd , And yet I pardon you , she cried ; But you shall promise ne'er again , To breathe your ...
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