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... BOOK II Songs and incantations which are essentially singable , or depend for their appeal on an inherent syllabic musical quality . BOOK III Lyrical verse the main effect of which is to convey a mood or emotion , without complications ...
... BOOK II Songs and incantations which are essentially singable , or depend for their appeal on an inherent syllabic musical quality . BOOK III Lyrical verse the main effect of which is to convey a mood or emotion , without complications ...
Page 22
... book lernynge , As he sat in the scole at his prymer , He Alma redemptoris herde synge , As children lerned hire antiphoner ; And as he dorste , he drough hym ner and ner , And herkned ay the wordes and the noote , Til he the firste ...
... book lernynge , As he sat in the scole at his prymer , He Alma redemptoris herde synge , As children lerned hire antiphoner ; And as he dorste , he drough hym ner and ner , And herkned ay the wordes and the noote , Til he the firste ...
Page 418
... book record their groanes Who were thy Sheep , and in their antient Fold Slayn by the bloody Piemontese that roll'd Mother with Infant down the Rocks . Their moans The Vales redoubl'd to the Hills , and they To Heav'n . Their martyr'd ...
... book record their groanes Who were thy Sheep , and in their antient Fold Slayn by the bloody Piemontese that roll'd Mother with Infant down the Rocks . Their moans The Vales redoubl'd to the Hills , and they To Heav'n . Their martyr'd ...
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS BOOK I | 1 |
Anon Lully lulley | 2 |
Anon The Laily Worm | 3 |
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ANON beauty BEN JONSON beneath birds blood breast breath bright clouds dark dead dear death delight doth dream earth EMILY BRONTË eternal ev'ry eyes fair fall fear fire flowers friends glory golden grace grave green grief hair hand hast hath head hear heart heaven JOHN DONNE JOHN MILTON kiss Lady leave light lips live look Lord Lord Randal Love's lovers MICHAEL DRAYTON mind moon morn never night numbers o'er pain PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY pleasure Poems rest ROBERT HERRICK rose round shade shadows shalt shepherd shine sighs sight silent sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep smile soft song Sonnet sorrow soul spirit spring stars sweet tears thee thine things THOMAS CAMPION thou art thought tree unto voice waves weep wild WILLIAM WILLIAM BLAKE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings