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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... cried , To - morrow you in vain had tried , But I am lost to - day ! DESPAIRING SHEPHERD . [ By Rowe . ] DESPAIRING beside a clear stream , A shepherd forsaken was laid , And whilst a false nymph was his theme , A willow supported his ...
... cried , To - morrow you in vain had tried , But I am lost to - day ! DESPAIRING SHEPHERD . [ By Rowe . ] DESPAIRING beside a clear stream , A shepherd forsaken was laid , And whilst a false nymph was his theme , A willow supported his ...
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... cried ; When first I beheld that fair face , . " Twere better by far I had died . She talk'd , and I blest the dear tongue , When she smil'd ' twas a pleasure too great ! I listen'd , and cried , when she sung , Was nightingale ever so ...
... cried ; When first I beheld that fair face , . " Twere better by far I had died . She talk'd , and I blest the dear tongue , When she smil'd ' twas a pleasure too great ! I listen'd , and cried , when she sung , Was nightingale ever so ...
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... cried , What avails this courtly pride ? Since thy dear desert Is written in my heart , What is all the world beside ? To me thou art more gay In this homely russet gray , Than the nymphs of our green , So trim and so sheen , Or the ...
... cried , What avails this courtly pride ? Since thy dear desert Is written in my heart , What is all the world beside ? To me thou art more gay In this homely russet gray , Than the nymphs of our green , So trim and so sheen , Or the ...
Page 68
... 'd , And yet I pardon you , she cried ; But you shall promise ne'er again , To breathe your vows , or speak your pain , He bow'd , obey'd , and died . a blaco Poor gile bin A . THE MAD MAIDEN . ONE morning very early , one 68 BALLADS AND.
... 'd , And yet I pardon you , she cried ; But you shall promise ne'er again , To breathe your vows , or speak your pain , He bow'd , obey'd , and died . a blaco Poor gile bin A . THE MAD MAIDEN . ONE morning very early , one 68 BALLADS AND.
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... cried , but , if your Sweet mercy yet can move , souls Let these dim eyes once more behold What they must ever love . She came ; his cold hand softly touch'd , And bath'd with many a tear ; Fast falling o'er the primrose pale So morning ...
... cried , but , if your Sweet mercy yet can move , souls Let these dim eyes once more behold What they must ever love . She came ; his cold hand softly touch'd , And bath'd with many a tear ; Fast falling o'er the primrose pale So morning ...
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