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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... sorrow rive thy heart , Nor tears bedew thy cheek . O do not , do not , holy friar , My sorrow now reprove ; For I have lost the sweetest youth , That e'er won lady's love . And now , alas ! for thy sad loss I'll evermore weep and sigh ...
... sorrow rive thy heart , Nor tears bedew thy cheek . O do not , do not , holy friar , My sorrow now reprove ; For I have lost the sweetest youth , That e'er won lady's love . And now , alas ! for thy sad loss I'll evermore weep and sigh ...
Page 40
... sorrow last ? Since grief but aggravates thy loss , Grieve not for what is past . O say not so , thou holy friar ; I pray thee , say not so : For since my true love died for me , ' Tis meet my tears should flow . And will he ne'er come ...
... sorrow last ? Since grief but aggravates thy loss , Grieve not for what is past . O say not so , thou holy friar ; I pray thee , say not so : For since my true love died for me , ' Tis meet my tears should flow . And will he ne'er come ...
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... sorrows of thy breast ? From better habitations spurn'd , Reluctant dost thou rove ; Or grieve for friendship unreturn'd , Or unregarded love ? Alas ! the joys that fortune brings , Are trifling , and decay ' ; And those that prize the ...
... sorrows of thy breast ? From better habitations spurn'd , Reluctant dost thou rove ; Or grieve for friendship unreturn'd , Or unregarded love ? Alas ! the joys that fortune brings , Are trifling , and decay ' ; And those that prize the ...
Page 46
... sorrows hush , And spurn the sex , he said : But while he spoke , a rising blush His love - lorn guest betray'd . Surpris'd ! he sees new beauties rise , Swift mantling to the view ; Like colours o'er the morning skies , As bright , as ...
... sorrows hush , And spurn the sex , he said : But while he spoke , a rising blush His love - lorn guest betray'd . Surpris'd ! he sees new beauties rise , Swift mantling to the view ; Like colours o'er the morning skies , As bright , as ...
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... sorrow , mine the fault , And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought , And stretch me where he lay . And there forlorn , despairing , hid , I'll lay me down and die ; ' Twas so for me that Edwin did , And so for him ...
... sorrow , mine the fault , And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought , And stretch me where he lay . And there forlorn , despairing , hid , I'll lay me down and die ; ' Twas so for me that Edwin did , And so for him ...
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