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 34
... tender and mournful turn , the ballad simplicity has a peculiarly happy effect . Perhaps the English alone , of all the moderns , have known how to unite the most perfect simplicity with real ele- gance and poetical expression ; and it ...
... tender and mournful turn , the ballad simplicity has a peculiarly happy effect . Perhaps the English alone , of all the moderns , have known how to unite the most perfect simplicity with real ele- gance and poetical expression ; and it ...
Page 47
... tender arms Unnumber'd suitors came : Who prais'd me for imputed charms , And felt or feign'd a flame . Each hour the mercenary crowd , With richest presents strove : Among the rest young Edwin bow'd , But never talk'd of love . In ...
... tender arms Unnumber'd suitors came : Who prais'd me for imputed charms , And felt or feign'd a flame . Each hour the mercenary crowd , With richest presents strove : Among the rest young Edwin bow'd , But never talk'd of love . In ...
Page 78
... tender young , That float on Avon's tide ; Bright as the water lily sprung And glittering near its side . Fresh as the bordering flowers , her bloom , Her eye all mild to view ; The little halcyon's azure plume Was never half so blue ...
... tender young , That float on Avon's tide ; Bright as the water lily sprung And glittering near its side . Fresh as the bordering flowers , her bloom , Her eye all mild to view ; The little halcyon's azure plume Was never half so blue ...
Page 79
... And when this vow shall faithless prove , Or I these charms forego , 20110 The stream that saw our tender love , sist so ? That stream shall cease to flow . CONTENT . [ CUNNINGHAM . ] O'ER moorlands and mountains PASTORAL SONGS . 79.
... And when this vow shall faithless prove , Or I these charms forego , 20110 The stream that saw our tender love , sist so ? That stream shall cease to flow . CONTENT . [ CUNNINGHAM . ] O'ER moorlands and mountains PASTORAL SONGS . 79.
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... tender , than gay , or sublime . Among the Romans , the elegiac poets chiefly ex- celled in the natural and simple pathetic , and Tibullus is the purest example of this kind of writing . His flowing , elegant , and unadorned style ...
... tender , than gay , or sublime . Among the Romans , the elegiac poets chiefly ex- celled in the natural and simple pathetic , and Tibullus is the purest example of this kind of writing . His flowing , elegant , and unadorned style ...
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