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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... kiss my Ethelinde 247 Prepar❜d to rail , resolv'd to part 136 Pursuing 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 ...
... kiss my Ethelinde 247 Prepar❜d to rail , resolv'd to part 136 Pursuing 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 ...
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... kiss the green - grass turf , That wraps his breathless clay . Yet stay , fair lady ; rest awhile Beneath this cloister wall : See through the hawthorn blows the cold wind , And drizzly rain doth fall . O stay me not , thou holy friar ...
... kiss the green - grass turf , That wraps his breathless clay . Yet stay , fair lady ; rest awhile Beneath this cloister wall : See through the hawthorn blows the cold wind , And drizzly rain doth fall . O stay me not , thou holy friar ...
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... kiss , And think him all thy own ! To - morrow in the church to wed Impatient both prepare : But know , fond maid , and know , false man , That Lucy will be there . Then bear my corse , ye comrades dear , The bridegroom blithe to meet ...
... kiss , And think him all thy own ! To - morrow in the church to wed Impatient both prepare : But know , fond maid , and know , false man , That Lucy will be there . Then bear my corse , ye comrades dear , The bridegroom blithe to meet ...
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... , If chance his mate's shrill call he hear , And drops at once into her nest . The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lips those kisses sweet . O Susan , Susan , lovely dear , My vows 58 BALLADS AND.
... , If chance his mate's shrill call he hear , And drops at once into her nest . The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lips those kisses sweet . O Susan , Susan , lovely dear , My vows 58 BALLADS AND.
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... kiss off that falling tear , We only part to meet again . Change as ye list ye winds , my heart shall be , The faithful compass that still points to thee . Believe not what the landmen say , Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind ...
... kiss off that falling tear , We only part to meet again . Change as ye list ye winds , my heart shall be , The faithful compass that still points to thee . Believe not what the landmen say , Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind ...
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