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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Page 145
... dart , No care could guard the lover's heart . Ah ! why , cried I , and dropt a tear . ( Adoring , yet despairing e'er To have her to myself alone ) Was so much sweetness made for one ? But growing bolder , in her ear I in soft numbers ...
... dart , No care could guard the lover's heart . Ah ! why , cried I , and dropt a tear . ( Adoring , yet despairing e'er To have her to myself alone ) Was so much sweetness made for one ? But growing bolder , in her ear I in soft numbers ...
Page 149
... impart , When your love runs in blushes thro ' every vein ; When it darts from your eyes , when it pants in your Then I know you're a woman again . [ heart , There's passion and pride In our sex , she replied DESCRIPTIVE SONGS . 149.
... impart , When your love runs in blushes thro ' every vein ; When it darts from your eyes , when it pants in your Then I know you're a woman again . [ heart , There's passion and pride In our sex , she replied DESCRIPTIVE SONGS . 149.
Page 154
... dart . For Let glitt'ring fops in courts be great , pay let armies move : Beauty should have no other bait , But gentle vows and love . If on those endless charms you lay The value that's their due ; Kings are themselves too poor to pay ...
... dart . For Let glitt'ring fops in courts be great , pay let armies move : Beauty should have no other bait , But gentle vows and love . If on those endless charms you lay The value that's their due ; Kings are themselves too poor to pay ...
Page 157
... dart , It faints , and flutters at your feet , I blame not your decay of power , You may have pointed beauties still , Tho ' me , alas ! they wound no more ; You cannot hurt what cannot feel . On youthful climes your beams display There ...
... dart , It faints , and flutters at your feet , I blame not your decay of power , You may have pointed beauties still , Tho ' me , alas ! they wound no more ; You cannot hurt what cannot feel . On youthful climes your beams display There ...
Page 174
... darts , what anguish I endur'd ! But when the candle enter'd , I was cur'd . Cinna cries out , I am not worth a groat ; And is , plague on him ! what he would be thought . On his death - bed poor Lubin lies , His spouse is in despair ...
... darts , what anguish I endur'd ! But when the candle enter'd , I was cur'd . Cinna cries out , I am not worth a groat ; And is , plague on him ! what he would be thought . On his death - bed poor Lubin lies , His spouse is in despair ...
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