OR

A SELECT COLLECTION

OF

ENGLISH SONGS.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

AN ESSAY ON SONG WRITING,

BY JOHN AIKIN, M. D.

And ever, against eating cares,
Lap me in soft Lydian`airs,
Married to immortal verse

MILTON,

BOSTON,

PUBLISHED BY J. BELCHER, CONGRESS STREET;.

J. W. BURDITT AND CO. COURT STREET;
AND THOMAS AND WHIPPLE,

NEWBURYPORT.

1811.

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