Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient balladsF. C. and J. Rivington, 1813 - Ballads, English |
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... winds , that murmur , sweep All my sorrows to the deep . When I drink dull time away , Jolly Bacchus , ever gay , Leads me to delightful bowers , Full of fragrance , full of flowers . When I quaff the sparkling wine , And my locks with ...
... winds , that murmur , sweep All my sorrows to the deep . When I drink dull time away , Jolly Bacchus , ever gay , Leads me to delightful bowers , Full of fragrance , full of flowers . When I quaff the sparkling wine , And my locks with ...
Page 62
... wind , and would perhaps be more properly written and pronounced Shirocco . + [ To enlarge or swell , as buds do ere they expand into leaves . This song , as I am kindly informed by my friend Mr. Douce , is in- debted to these lines in ...
... wind , and would perhaps be more properly written and pronounced Shirocco . + [ To enlarge or swell , as buds do ere they expand into leaves . This song , as I am kindly informed by my friend Mr. Douce , is in- debted to these lines in ...
Page 66
... wind with his nose , If he be but well wrap'd in a pot of good ale . The hungry man takes no thought for his meat , Though his stomach would brook a ten - penny nail ; He quite forgets hunger , thinks on it no longer , If he touch but ...
... wind with his nose , If he be but well wrap'd in a pot of good ale . The hungry man takes no thought for his meat , Though his stomach would brook a ten - penny nail ; He quite forgets hunger , thinks on it no longer , If he touch but ...
Page 107
... winds ! storms , rend the air ! My bark , thus man'd , shall gain the shore , SONG X. BY JAMES SHIRLEY . * THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows , not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy ...
... winds ! storms , rend the air ! My bark , thus man'd , shall gain the shore , SONG X. BY JAMES SHIRLEY . * THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows , not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy ...
Page 118
... passion of the mind Is like a furious gust of wind , Which beats his bark with many a wave , Till he casts anchor in the grave . It is a flower , which buds and grows , 118 MISCELLANEOUS SONGS . For me, my honour I'll maintain, ...
... passion of the mind Is like a furious gust of wind , Which beats his bark with many a wave , Till he casts anchor in the grave . It is a flower , which buds and grows , 118 MISCELLANEOUS SONGS . For me, my honour I'll maintain, ...
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ANACREON babes Bacchus BALLAD BATTLE OF EVESHAM beauty blessings bold bowl boys brave bring bumper call'd cheer claret Comus crown Cumberland Three dame dear death delight Derry doth dragon drank drink Earl Percy eyes fair fear fight friendship gallant give glass gold grace grave grief hand happy Harry Carey hast hath head heart Henry Here's honest honour JAMES PLUMPTRE Johny Armstrong joys king knight lady Lancelot land little Musgrave live lord lowly lies maid merry mind mirth ne'er never noble o'er old cap peace Percy pleasure poor pray prince queen quoth R. B. SHERIDAN rich rose round sing slain SONG sorrow soul squire stormy winds Sweet William tears tell thee thing thou art thou shalt Tis wine true Twill unto vicar of Bray wanton wife winds do blow wise