The Book of English Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth CenturyCharles Mackay |
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... roses and white lilies grow ; A heavenly paradise is that place , Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow ; There ... rose - buds fell'd with snow ; Yet them no peer nor prince may buy , Till cherry - ripe themselves do cry . Her eyes ...
... roses and white lilies grow ; A heavenly paradise is that place , Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow ; There ... rose - buds fell'd with snow ; Yet them no peer nor prince may buy , Till cherry - ripe themselves do cry . Her eyes ...
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... ROSE ! ROBERT HERRICK , born 1591 . Go , happy Rose ! and interwove With other flowers , bind my love . Tell her , too , she must not be Longer flowing , longer free , That so oft has fetter'd me . Say , if she's fretful , I have bands ...
... ROSE ! ROBERT HERRICK , born 1591 . Go , happy Rose ! and interwove With other flowers , bind my love . Tell her , too , she must not be Longer flowing , longer free , That so oft has fetter'd me . Say , if she's fretful , I have bands ...
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... Rose , whose hue , angry and brave , Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye , Thy root is ever in its grave , — And thou must die ! Sweet Spring , full of sweet days and roses , A box where sweets compacted lie ; My music shows have you your ...
... Rose , whose hue , angry and brave , Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye , Thy root is ever in its grave , — And thou must die ! Sweet Spring , full of sweet days and roses , A box where sweets compacted lie ; My music shows have you your ...
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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