Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritW. Eyres, 1774 - 286 sider |
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Side vii
... of a mere compiler . If the attempts which fhould fupport this more honourable character have not the fortune to meet with approbation , I must a 4 I must be contented with my humble endeavours to please PREFACE . vii.
... of a mere compiler . If the attempts which fhould fupport this more honourable character have not the fortune to meet with approbation , I must a 4 I must be contented with my humble endeavours to please PREFACE . vii.
Side xi
... meeting with the names of Prior , Congreve and Landfdown , instead of Arne , Brent and Tenducci . The midnight roarer of coarfe jeft and obscenity will be ftill farther out of his element . But to those who are enamoured with that ...
... meeting with the names of Prior , Congreve and Landfdown , instead of Arne , Brent and Tenducci . The midnight roarer of coarfe jeft and obscenity will be ftill farther out of his element . But to those who are enamoured with that ...
Side 2
... meet with them in the modern pieces which range under the general title of Songs . ALTHOUGH many of our most celebrated poets have exercised their talents in com- posing these little pieces , and their pleasing effect is univerfally ...
... meet with them in the modern pieces which range under the general title of Songs . ALTHOUGH many of our most celebrated poets have exercised their talents in com- posing these little pieces , and their pleasing effect is univerfally ...
Side 44
... meet my tears should flow , And will he ne'er come again ? Will he ne'er come again ? Ah ! no , he is dead and laid in his grave , For ever to remain . His cheek was redder than the rose , The com❜lieft youth was he : - But he is dead ...
... meet my tears should flow , And will he ne'er come again ? Will he ne'er come again ? Ah ! no , he is dead and laid in his grave , For ever to remain . His cheek was redder than the rose , The com❜lieft youth was he : - But he is dead ...
Side 57
... meet ; He in his wedding - trim so gay , I in my winding sheet ! She spoke and dy'd , her corfe was borne , The bridegroom blithe to meet ; He in his wedding - trim fo gay , She in her winding sheet . Oh ! what were perjur'd COLIN's ...
... meet ; He in his wedding - trim so gay , I in my winding sheet ! She spoke and dy'd , her corfe was borne , The bridegroom blithe to meet ; He in his wedding - trim fo gay , She in her winding sheet . Oh ! what were perjur'd COLIN's ...
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Anacreon antient ballad beauty becauſe bleffing bleft bofom breaſt CELIA charms CHLOE circumftance compariſon compofition cruel dear defire deſcription deſpair eaſe Engliſh epigram expreffion eyes fair fancy fatire feek feem fentiment fhade fhall fhepherd fhould figh fimple fimplicity fince fing firſt fmiles foft fome fond fong fong-writing forrows foul ftill fubject fuch furprize fwain fweet gentle give grace heart itſelf kind know my love laſt lefs lover Lyric Lyric poetry maid meaſure moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature ne'er nymph o'er paffion paftoral pain paſt PHYLLIS pieces pity pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poetical poetry praiſe purpoſe racter reft Sappho ſcene ſhall ſhe SOAME JENYNS ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtay ſtill ſtrain ſwain ſweet taſte tears tell tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro tivation treaſure Twas uſed vows whofe Whoſe wiſh youth