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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... thro ' the glowing heart ; Of power to lift the fixed soul High o'er fortune's proud controul ; Kindling deep , prophetic musing ; Love of beauteous death infusing ; Scorn , and unconquerable hate Of tyrant pride's unhallow'd state ...
... thro ' the glowing heart ; Of power to lift the fixed soul High o'er fortune's proud controul ; Kindling deep , prophetic musing ; Love of beauteous death infusing ; Scorn , and unconquerable hate Of tyrant pride's unhallow'd state ...
Page xxvii
... thro ' your fav'rite bowers , Enrich'd with fair perennial flowers , To solemn shades and springs that lie Remote from each unhallow'd eye ; Teach him to spell those mystic names That kindle bright immortal flames ; And guide his young ...
... thro ' your fav'rite bowers , Enrich'd with fair perennial flowers , To solemn shades and springs that lie Remote from each unhallow'd eye ; Teach him to spell those mystic names That kindle bright immortal flames ; And guide his young ...
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... Thro ' rural bowers , or yellow meads , › With many an old romantic tale Has cheer'd the lone sequester'd vale , With many a sweet and tender lay Deceiv'd the tiresome summer day . Tis your's to cull with happy art Each meaning verse ...
... Thro ' rural bowers , or yellow meads , › With many an old romantic tale Has cheer'd the lone sequester'd vale , With many a sweet and tender lay Deceiv'd the tiresome summer day . Tis your's to cull with happy art Each meaning verse ...
Page 58
... thro ' his glowing hands , And quick as lightning on the deck he stands . So the sweet lark high pois'd in air Shuts close his pinions to his breast , If chance his mate's shrill call he hear , And drops at once into her nest . The ...
... thro ' his glowing hands , And quick as lightning on the deck he stands . So the sweet lark high pois'd in air Shuts close his pinions to his breast , If chance his mate's shrill call he hear , And drops at once into her nest . The ...
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... thro ' the wide world we should range , " Tis in vain from our fortune to fly ; " Twas hers to be false , and to change , " Tis mine to be constant , and die . If while my hard fate I sustain , In her breast any pity is found , Let her ...
... thro ' the wide world we should range , " Tis in vain from our fortune to fly ; " Twas hers to be false , and to change , " Tis mine to be constant , and die . If while my hard fate I sustain , In her breast any pity is found , Let her ...
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