Songs Set To Music: 20. Set By Mr. De Fesch (Matthew Prior Poems)
Since by ill fate I'm forced away,And snatch'd so soon from those dear arms,Against my will I must obey,And leave ...
Since by ill fate I'm forced away,And snatch'd so soon from those dear arms,Against my will I must obey,And leave ...
When Jove lay bless'd in his Alcm(Matthew Prior)
Honour, I say, or honest Fame,I mean the substance, not the name;(Not that light heap of tawdry wares,Ermin, Coronets, and ...
Let perjured fair Amynta knowWhat for her sake I undergo;Tell her, for her how I sustainA lingering fever's wasting pain;Tell ...
Nanny blushes when I woo her,And with kindly chiding eyesFaintly says I shall undo her;Faintly, O, forbear! she cries.But her ...
Hier, l'Amour touche du sonQue rendoit ma lire qu'il aime,Me promit pour une chanson,Deux baisers de sa mere mesme.Non, luy ...
When Nell, given o'er by the doctor, was dying,And John at the chimney stood decently crying,'Tis in vain said the ...
Accept, my Love, as true a heartAs ever lover gave;'Tis free (it vows) from my art,And proud to be your ...
I have no hopes, the Duke he says, and dies.In sure and certain hopes — the prelate cries:Of these two ...
Phillis, this pious talk give o'er,And modesty pretend no more,It is too plain an art:Surely you take me for a ...
When Cloe's Picture was to Venus shown;Surpriz'd, the Goddess took it for Her own.And what, said She, does this bold ...
Fire, Water, Woman, are Man's Ruin;Says wise Professor Vander Bruin.By Flames a House I hir'd was lostLast Year: and I ...
Fair Susan did her wif-hede well menteine,Algates assaulted sore by letchours tweine;Now, and I read aright that auncient song,Olde were ...
While faster than his costive brain inditesPhilo's quick hand in flowing letters writes;His case appears to me like honest Teague's,When ...
Prometheus, forming Mr. Day,Carved something like a man in clay:The mortal's work might well miscarry;He that does heaven and earth ...
Frank carves very ill, yet will palm all the meats;He eats more than six, and drinks more than he eats.Four ...
Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing,Must we no longer live together?And dost thou prune thy trembling wing,To take thy flight thou ...
The sturdy man, if he in love obtains,In open pomp and triumph reigns:The subtle woman, if she should succeed,Disowns the ...
Quoth Richard in jest looking wistly at Nelly,Methinks child you seem something round in the belly.Nell answer'd him snappishly, how ...
Why, Harry, what ails you? why look you so sad?To think and ne'er drink will make you stark mad.'Tis the ...
Whilst I am scorch'd with hot desire,In vain cold Friendship you return,Your drops of pity on my fire,Alas! but make ...
Poor Hal caught his death standing under a spoutExpecting till midnight when Nan would come out;But fatal his patience, as ...
When Bibo thought fit from the world to retreat,As full of Champagne as an egg's full of meat,He waked in ...
Of thy judicious Muse's sense,Young Hinchinbroke so very proud is,That Sacharissa and HortenseShe looks henceforth upon as dowdies.Yet she to ...
O Death how thou spoil'st the best project of life,Said Gabriel, who still as he bury'd one wife,For the sake ...
I sent for Ratcliffe, was so ill,That other doctors gave me over,He felt my pulse, prescribed his pill,And I was ...
Les allemans ne ce soucient pas quel vin its boiventpouveu que ce soit vin, ni quel Latin ils parletnvue que ...
Whither would my passion run?Shall I fly her, or pursue her?Losing her I am undone,Yet would not gain her to ...
Love! inform thy faithful creatureHow to keep his fair one's heart;Must it be by truth of nature,Or by poor dissembling ...
When famed Varelst this little wonder drew,Flora vouchsafed the growing works to view;Finding the painter's science at a stand,The goddess ...
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