Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritR.H. Evans, 1810 - 352 ページ |
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... effect is universally known and ac- knowledged , yet have we but one pro- fessed criticism on their composition ; and this , though elegant and ingenious , is both too short and too superficial to give precision and accuracy to our ...
... effect is universally known and ac- knowledged , yet have we but one pro- fessed criticism on their composition ; and this , though elegant and ingenious , is both too short and too superficial to give precision and accuracy to our ...
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... effects which the passions produce upon the body , would also prove a happy source of the description of emotions . Thus , the fluttering pulse , the changing colour , the feverish glow , the failing heart , and the confused senses ...
... effects which the passions produce upon the body , would also prove a happy source of the description of emotions . Thus , the fluttering pulse , the changing colour , the feverish glow , the failing heart , and the confused senses ...
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... be referred to the cir- cumstance of its turning upon nature or fiction , and on this will depend its fitness or unfitness to produce peculiar effects . In general , whatever is designed to move the passions 6 ON SONG - WRITING.
... be referred to the cir- cumstance of its turning upon nature or fiction , and on this will depend its fitness or unfitness to produce peculiar effects . In general , whatever is designed to move the passions 6 ON SONG - WRITING.
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... effect is not to be in- terrupted by simile or metaphor , or any of the artificial prettinesses of language that may fall in his way . They have no business here ; they do not accord with that string of the soul which is here to be ...
... effect is not to be in- terrupted by simile or metaphor , or any of the artificial prettinesses of language that may fall in his way . They have no business here ; they do not accord with that string of the soul which is here to be ...
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... paired in so odd a manner with humour and parody , that one is at a loss whether to take it as jest or earnest- whether to laugh or cry . Indeed this effect is also produced in his two dramatic burlesques , 28 ON BALLADS AND.
... paired in so odd a manner with humour and parody , that one is at a loss whether to take it as jest or earnest- whether to laugh or cry . Indeed this effect is also produced in his two dramatic burlesques , 28 ON BALLADS AND.
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amorous Amynta Anacreon anguish beau mille beauty beauty's blest bliss bloom bosom breast bright Celia charms cheek Chloe Chloris CONGREVE cried cruel Cupid Damon dart dear delight despair e'er ease epigram ev'ry eyes face fair fancy fate fear flame folly fond gentle give Glastonbury thorn grace grove happy heart hope Hudibras kind kiss ladies lips live Lochinvar lov'd lover lyre Lyric Lyric poetry maid melting valued mind move nature ne'er never nightingale nymph o'er Oenone pain passion Phillips Phyllis piece pity plain pleasure poetical poetry R. B. SHERIDAN racter rose Sappho scorn shade shepherd sigh sigh'd sing smiles SOAME JENYNS soft soul surprise swain sweet taste tears tell tender thee thine thou thought thro touch of joy trembling true turn Twas vex'd vows wanton witty Xanthe young youth
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233 ページ - Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain.
47 ページ - More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
274 ページ - With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
309 ページ - Oh ! young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none, He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone. So faithful in love and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
269 ページ - I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking ; And in the scowl of Heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. "O haste thee, haste!
235 ページ - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
254 ページ - But sure such folks could ne'er beget So sweet a girl as Sally! She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley.
142 ページ - TO fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove, But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love.
45 ページ - Forbear, my son," the hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. " Here, to the houseless child of want, My door is open still ; And, though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will " Then turn to-night, and freely share Whate'er my cell bestows ; My rushy couch, and frugal fare, My blessing and repose.
253 ページ - And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such...