This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...pretty is, My lady sweet, arise; Arise, arise! INCONSTANCY. FROM 'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING." OIGH no more, ladies, sigh no more, --Men were deceivers ever; One foot in sea, and one on shore, To one thing constant never: Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny, Converting all your ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...pretty is, My lady sweet, arise; Arise, arise! INCONSTANCY. FROM 'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING." OIGH no more, ladies, sigh no more, --Men were deceivers ever; One foot in sea, and one on shore, To one thing constant never: Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny, Converting all your sounds of woe Into hey nonny, nonny! Sing no more ditties, sing no mo' Of dumps so dull and heavy; The fraud of men was ever so Since summer first was leavy: Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny, Converting all your sounds of woe Into hey nonny, nonny! In the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. It is engendered in the eyes, With gazing fed; and Fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring Fancy's knell, I'll begin it, --Ding, dong, bell, Ding, dong, bell. THE RHYME OF WHITE AND RED. FROM "LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST." TF she be made of white and red, Her faults will ne'er be known, For blushing cheeks by faults are bred, And fears by pale white shown: Then if she fear, or be to blame, By this you shall not know, For still her cheeks possess the same, Which native she doth owe. SPRING. FROM "LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST.' HEN daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then on every tree Mocks married men; for thus sings he, "Cuckoo, Cuckoo, cuckoo!"--Oh word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughman's clocks; When turtles tread, and rooks and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, --The cuckoo then on every tree Mocks married men; for thus sings he, "Cuckoo, Cuckoo, cuckoo!"--Oh word of fear, ...
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Add this copy of Elizabethan Songs (Granger Index Reprint Series) to cart. $30.00, good condition, Sold by Conover Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Martinsville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by Books for Libraries Press.
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Edmund H. Garrett. Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Orange cloth with silver on red lettering on the spine. 177 historical and musical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Why was the Elizabethan Age, and why were the ages that succeeded Elizabeth, down to the Restoration, so rich in song; and why have later periods been so poor? In this volume of selected verse the word 'Elizabethan' is used in a wide sense: we come down as far as Waller, who died in 1686, and Herrick, who died in 1674. The songs of the writers from Shakespeare to Waller sing themselves, as we may say they have their own natural music and like Philomel in Homer pour forth their turns and trills upon the night; but since that melodious century, the songs of our poets do not sing themselves, as a rule........."---------from the Introduction.
