The Book of English Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth CenturyCharles Mackay |
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... hope , tenderness , gratitude , cheer- fulness , melancholy , and even grief , are the proper themes of song . Their expression by musical cadences is as natural to men in all ages and climates as speech itself . All high emotion is ...
... hope , tenderness , gratitude , cheer- fulness , melancholy , and even grief , are the proper themes of song . Their expression by musical cadences is as natural to men in all ages and climates as speech itself . All high emotion is ...
Page 35
... hope , that there It would not wither'd be . But thou thereon did'st only breathe , And sent it back to me ; Since then , it grows and smells I swear , Not of itself , but thee . STILL TO BE NEAT . From " The Forest , " by BEN JONSON ...
... hope , that there It would not wither'd be . But thou thereon did'st only breathe , And sent it back to me ; Since then , it grows and smells I swear , Not of itself , but thee . STILL TO BE NEAT . From " The Forest , " by BEN JONSON ...
Page 124
... Hope was left , was she not ? but the goblet we kiss , And care not for Hope , who are certain of bliss . Long life to the grape ! for when summer is flown , The age of our nectar shall gladden our own , We must die ! who must not ? May ...
... Hope was left , was she not ? but the goblet we kiss , And care not for Hope , who are certain of bliss . Long life to the grape ! for when summer is flown , The age of our nectar shall gladden our own , We must die ! who must not ? May ...
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Abraham Newland Bacchus beauty born bosom bowl boys brave breath British grenadiers CHARLES DIBDIN CHARLES MACKAY charms cheer cold County Guy cuckoo dear death delight died doth drink e'er England English eyes fair Falero fear flowers give glory Harry Carey hath heart Hearts of oak heav'n his soul heaven high trolollie John jolly King kiss ladies land lass leather bottèl lero live Lord love's lovers maid merrily merry mind morn ne'er never night o'er old cap Opera-box pain passion pipe pleasure poor praise pretty R. B. SHERIDAN round row row Rule Britannia sail sailors shepherds ship sigh smile sorrow soul may dwell sport sung swain sweet tears tell thee there's thine THOMAS THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY THOMAS MOORE thou tree true Twas Vicar of Bray wine wish in heav'n youth