The Golden Pomp: A Procession of English Lyrics from Surrey to ShirleyArthur Quiller-Couch Methuen, 1895 - Всего страниц: 382 |
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... things . ' My aim , however , was not to instruct , but merely to please , and to this end I laid down two rules at the begin- ning . The first — with a reservation presently to be noted —was to choose only the best lyrics of the period ...
... things . ' My aim , however , was not to instruct , but merely to please , and to this end I laid down two rules at the begin- ning . The first — with a reservation presently to be noted —was to choose only the best lyrics of the period ...
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... thing , then maids dance in a ring , Cold doth not sting , the pretty birds do sing- Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The palm and may make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day , And we ...
... thing , then maids dance in a ring , Cold doth not sting , the pretty birds do sing- Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The palm and may make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day , And we ...
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... things of sense Make their pretence ; In th ' other angels have a right by birth : Man ties them both alone , And makes them one With th ' one hand touching heaven , with t ' other earth . In soul he mounts and flies , In flesh he dies ...
... things of sense Make their pretence ; In th ' other angels have a right by birth : Man ties them both alone , And makes them one With th ' one hand touching heaven , with t ' other earth . In soul he mounts and flies , In flesh he dies ...
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... things but one : Both frosts and thoughts do nip And bite his lip ; And he of all things fears two deaths alone . Yet ev❜n the greatest griefs May be reliefs , Could he but take them right and in their ways . Happy is he whose heart ...
... things but one : Both frosts and thoughts do nip And bite his lip ; And he of all things fears two deaths alone . Yet ev❜n the greatest griefs May be reliefs , Could he but take them right and in their ways . Happy is he whose heart ...
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... thing , As sweet unto a shepherd as a king ; And sweeter too ; For kings have cares that wait upon a crown , And cares can make the sweetest love to frown : Ah then , ah then , If country loves such sweet desires do gain , What lady ...
... thing , As sweet unto a shepherd as a king ; And sweeter too ; For kings have cares that wait upon a crown , And cares can make the sweetest love to frown : Ah then , ah then , If country loves such sweet desires do gain , What lady ...
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Anon ANTHONY HOPE Author babe Baring Gould beauty birds Book of Airs bright Buckram Campion Corydon Crown 8vo cuckoo dear death delight dost doth E. F. BENSON earth England's Helicon English eyes fair fairy-queen fear flowers GILBERT PARKER GORDON BROWNE grace green Greensleeves grief H. C. BEECHING hath heart heaven heavenly Heigh Herrick honour JOHN KEBLE Jonson king kiss Lady leave light lips live look Lord Love's lovers lullaby Madrigals maid merry MESSRS METHUEN'S LIST mind morn never night nonny pity pleasure poem praise pretty Prisoner of Zenda Queen Raleigh rose Shakespeare shepherd sighs sing sleep smile song sorrow soul spring stanzas story swain tears Tereu thee thine thing thou art thou hast thought true love unto verse volume W. E. HENLEY W. G. COLLINGWOOD wanton weep wilt thou wind winter youth
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Стр. 41 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten.
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