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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... move 102 ' Tis not the liquid brightness of these eyes 123 ' Tis now since I sat down before 228 To all you Ladies now at land 291 To fair Fidele's grassy tomb 140 Too plain , dear youth , those tell - tale eyes 117 To the brook and the ...
... move 102 ' Tis not the liquid brightness of these eyes 123 ' Tis now since I sat down before 228 To all you Ladies now at land 291 To fair Fidele's grassy tomb 140 Too plain , dear youth , those tell - tale eyes 117 To the brook and the ...
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... referred to the cir- cumstance of its turning upon nature or fiction , and on this will depend its fitness . or unfitness to produce peculiar effects . In general , whatever is designed to move the passions 6 ON SONG - WRITING.
... referred to the cir- cumstance of its turning upon nature or fiction , and on this will depend its fitness . or unfitness to produce peculiar effects . In general , whatever is designed to move the passions 6 ON SONG - WRITING.
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... move the passions , cannot be too natural and simple . It is also evident , that when the professed design of the poet is to paint the beauties of nature and the rural land- scape of pastoral life , he must give as great an air of ...
... move the passions , cannot be too natural and simple . It is also evident , that when the professed design of the poet is to paint the beauties of nature and the rural land- scape of pastoral life , he must give as great an air of ...
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... move : " Twas not the nightingale that sung ; No , ' tis my Chloe's sweeter tongue , Hark , hark , what says my love ! How foolish is the nymph , she cries , Who trifles with her lover's pain ! Nature still speaks in woman's eyes , Our ...
... move : " Twas not the nightingale that sung ; No , ' tis my Chloe's sweeter tongue , Hark , hark , what says my love ! How foolish is the nymph , she cries , Who trifles with her lover's pain ! Nature still speaks in woman's eyes , Our ...
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... , as fair , and value more Than gems or ore , a heart sincere ; Let treasure meaner beauties move ; Who pays thy worth , must pay in love , El Infaoud . 辈 WH HAT Deauties does Flora disclose ? upon How PASTORAL SONGS . 71.
... , as fair , and value more Than gems or ore , a heart sincere ; Let treasure meaner beauties move ; Who pays thy worth , must pay in love , El Infaoud . 辈 WH HAT Deauties does Flora disclose ? upon How PASTORAL SONGS . 71.
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