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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... lips away 261 Tell me , Damon , dost thou languish 322 Tell me no more I am deceived Tell me not how fair she is Tell me not I my time misspend 209 324 153 Tell me no more of pointed darts 345 Tell my Strephon that I die 143 The boatmen ...
... lips away 261 Tell me , Damon , dost thou languish 322 Tell me no more I am deceived Tell me not how fair she is Tell me not I my time misspend 209 324 153 Tell me no more of pointed darts 345 Tell my Strephon that I die 143 The boatmen ...
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... limpid stream Reflect a fairer face . Till luckless love and pining care Impair'd her rosy hue , Her coral lips , her damask cheeks , And eyes of glossy blue . E 1 Oh ! have you seen the lily pale When beating PASTORAL SONGS . 49.
... limpid stream Reflect a fairer face . Till luckless love and pining care Impair'd her rosy hue , Her coral lips , her damask cheeks , And eyes of glossy blue . E 1 Oh ! have you seen the lily pale When beating PASTORAL SONGS . 49.
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... were bright , Yet leave those eyes to weep ? How could you say my lips were sweet , And made the scarlet pale ? And why did I , young witless maid , ` Believe the flatt'ring tale ? That face , alas ! no more is fair , 54 BALLADS AND.
... were bright , Yet leave those eyes to weep ? How could you say my lips were sweet , And made the scarlet pale ? And why did I , young witless maid , ` Believe the flatt'ring tale ? That face , alas ! no more is fair , 54 BALLADS AND.
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... lips no longer red ; Dark are mine eyes now clos'd in death , And ev'ry charm is fled . The hungry worm my sister is , This winding sheet I wear , And cold and weary lasts our night Till that last morn appear . But hark ! the cock has ...
... lips no longer red ; Dark are mine eyes now clos'd in death , And ev'ry charm is fled . The hungry worm my sister is , This winding sheet I wear , And cold and weary lasts our night Till that last morn appear . But hark ! the cock has ...
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... his breast , 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.
... his breast , 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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