Melodies, Songs, Sacred Songs, and National Airs: Containing Several Never Before Published in AmericaJ. & B. Williams, 1836 - 192 pages |
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... notes to express them , and were best told in those simple , unpretending airs , to which his tender and melancholy spirit gave birth . GRETRY , a musician , who seems to have felt more than most of his brethren , the charms of Song ...
... notes to express them , and were best told in those simple , unpretending airs , to which his tender and melancholy spirit gave birth . GRETRY , a musician , who seems to have felt more than most of his brethren , the charms of Song ...
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... note of it would thrill his mind With tenderest thoughts , and bring about his knees The rosy children whom he left ... notes of home ,. of love , are all he hears , And the stern eyes that looked for blood before , ow , melting ...
... note of it would thrill his mind With tenderest thoughts , and bring about his knees The rosy children whom he left ... notes of home ,. of love , are all he hears , And the stern eyes that looked for blood before , ow , melting ...
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... note to swear By Saragossa's ruined streets , By brave Gerona's deathful story , That while one Spaniard's life ... notes of mirth ! ye spring from sorrow's lay Like the sweet vesper of the bird that sings In the bright sunset of an ...
... note to swear By Saragossa's ruined streets , By brave Gerona's deathful story , That while one Spaniard's life ... notes of mirth ! ye spring from sorrow's lay Like the sweet vesper of the bird that sings In the bright sunset of an ...
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... notes shall thrill , She'll think the sweet night bird is courting her still . OH ! SOON RETURN . OUR white sail caught the ev'ning ray , The wave beneath us seemed to burn , When all my weeping love could say , Was " MELODIES . 21.
... notes shall thrill , She'll think the sweet night bird is courting her still . OH ! SOON RETURN . OUR white sail caught the ev'ning ray , The wave beneath us seemed to burn , When all my weeping love could say , Was " MELODIES . 21.
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... notes ! they tell of former peace , Of all that look'd so rapturous then , Now wither'd , lost - oh ! pray thee , cease , I cannot bear those sounds again ! Art thou too wretched ? yes , thou art ; I see thy tears flow fast with mine ...
... notes ! they tell of former peace , Of all that look'd so rapturous then , Now wither'd , lost - oh ! pray thee , cease , I cannot bear those sounds again ! Art thou too wretched ? yes , thou art ; I see thy tears flow fast with mine ...
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