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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... sweet it is to love 279 · 328 Ah ! the shepherd's mournful fate Ah ! why must words my flame reveal Alexis shunn'd his fellow swains 103 110 67 All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd 58 All my past life is mine no more 203 An amorous ...
... sweet it is to love 279 · 328 Ah ! the shepherd's mournful fate Ah ! why must words my flame reveal Alexis shunn'd his fellow swains 103 110 67 All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd 58 All my past life is mine no more 203 An amorous ...
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... Sweet are the charms of her I love 265 Sweet maid , if thou wouldst charm my sight 342 Take , oh , take those 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 ...
... Sweet are the charms of her I love 265 Sweet maid , if thou wouldst charm my sight 342 Take , oh , take those 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 ...
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... sweet Mistress of my heart Ye happy swains whose hearts are free 289 327 261 148 Ye little loves that round her wait 205 Yes , fairest proof of beauty's power 105 Yes , Fulvia is like Venus fair 195 Ye shepherds and nymphs that adorn ...
... sweet Mistress of my heart Ye happy swains whose hearts are free 289 327 261 148 Ye little loves that round her wait 205 Yes , fairest proof of beauty's power 105 Yes , Fulvia is like Venus fair 195 Ye shepherds and nymphs that adorn ...
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... sweet ; Of nodding plumes , and burnish'd arms , And glory's bright terrific charms . The potent sounds like lightning dart Resistless thro ' the glowing heart ; Of power to lift the fixed soul High o'er fortune's proud controul ...
... sweet ; Of nodding plumes , and burnish'd arms , And glory's bright terrific charms . The potent sounds like lightning dart Resistless thro ' the glowing heart ; Of power to lift the fixed soul High o'er fortune's proud controul ...
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... Sweet as in old Arcadian plains , The British pipe has caught the strains ; And where the Tweed's pure current glides , Or lofty rolls her limpid tides , Or Thames his oozy waters leads Thro ' rural bowers , or yellow meads , › With ...
... Sweet as in old Arcadian plains , The British pipe has caught the strains ; And where the Tweed's pure current glides , Or lofty rolls her limpid tides , Or Thames his oozy waters leads Thro ' rural bowers , or yellow meads , › With ...
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