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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... wind , And drizzly rain doth fall . O stay me not , thou holy friar ; O stay me not , I pray ; No drizzly rain that falls on me , Can wash my fault away . Yet stay , fair lady , turn again , And dry those pearly tears ; gown of For see ...
... wind , And drizzly rain doth fall . O stay me not , thou holy friar ; O stay me not , I pray ; No drizzly rain that falls on me , Can wash my fault away . Yet stay , fair lady , turn again , And dry those pearly tears ; gown of For see ...
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... wind , A damsel lay deploring , All on a rock reclin'd : Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wishful look , Her head was crown'd with willows That trembled o'er the brook . Twelve months are gone and over , And nine long tedious ...
... wind , A damsel lay deploring , All on a rock reclin'd : Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wishful look , Her head was crown'd with willows That trembled o'er the brook . Twelve months are gone and over , And nine long tedious ...
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... wind , When black - eyed Susan came on board , O where shall I my true love find ? Tell me , ye jovial sailors , tell me true If my sweet William sails among your crew ? William , who high upon the yard Rock'd by the billows to and fro ...
... wind , When black - eyed Susan came on board , O where shall I my true love find ? Tell me , ye jovial sailors , tell me true If my sweet William sails among your crew ? William , who high upon the yard Rock'd by the billows to and fro ...
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... winds , my heart shall be , The faithful compass that still points to thee . Believe not what the landmen say , Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind , They'll tell thee , sailors , when away , At every port a mistress find . Yes ...
... winds , my heart shall be , The faithful compass that still points to thee . Believe not what the landmen say , Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind , They'll tell thee , sailors , when away , At every port a mistress find . Yes ...
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... his theme , A willow supported his head ; The wind that blew over the plain To his sighs with a sigh did reply , And the brook in return to his pain Ran mournfully murmuring by . Alas ! silly swain that I was ! Thus sadly 62 BALLADS AND.
... his theme , A willow supported his head ; The wind that blew over the plain To his sighs with a sigh did reply , And the brook in return to his pain Ran mournfully murmuring by . Alas ! silly swain that I was ! Thus sadly 62 BALLADS AND.
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