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A Procession of English Lyrics from Surrey to Shirley Arthur Quiller-Couch. 10495.130 B HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY COT 1954 Edinburgh : T. and A. CONSTABLE , Printers to Her Majesty Printed In Great Drain / TO ARTHUR J. BUTLER.
A Procession of English Lyrics from Surrey to Shirley Arthur Quiller-Couch. 10495.130 B HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY COT 1954 Edinburgh : T. and A. CONSTABLE , Printers to Her Majesty Printed In Great Drain / TO ARTHUR J. BUTLER.
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... printed in 1591. It was set to music in Michael Este's Madrigals , 1604 , and again in Henry Youll's Canzonets , 1608 ; and is included in England's Helicon . XLVI Page 38 - ' Hark , all you ladies that do sleep ! ' From Campion and ...
... printed in 1591. It was set to music in Michael Este's Madrigals , 1604 , and again in Henry Youll's Canzonets , 1608 ; and is included in England's Helicon . XLVI Page 38 - ' Hark , all you ladies that do sleep ! ' From Campion and ...
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... printed complete , with Marlowe's name attached , in England's Helicon . The ' Reply ' in England's Helicon is signed ' Ignoto ' ; and the evidence that Raleigh wrote it is confined to a famous passage in the Compleat Angler : As I left ...
... printed complete , with Marlowe's name attached , in England's Helicon . The ' Reply ' in England's Helicon is signed ' Ignoto ' ; and the evidence that Raleigh wrote it is confined to a famous passage in the Compleat Angler : As I left ...
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... printed six songs from it in the sixth volume of his Anecdotes ' - the song under notice is one of that half - dozen . These six songs are so delightful that I am consumed with a desire to see the rest of the contents of the song - book ...
... printed six songs from it in the sixth volume of his Anecdotes ' - the song under notice is one of that half - dozen . These six songs are so delightful that I am consumed with a desire to see the rest of the contents of the song - book ...
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... printed in Mr. Bullen's edition of Campion ( 1889 ) . The arrangement in the text , however , gives us two even stanzas , and has the further advantage of making sense . XCVII Page 91 - ' Steer , hither steer your wingèd pines . ' The ...
... printed in Mr. Bullen's edition of Campion ( 1889 ) . The arrangement in the text , however , gives us two even stanzas , and has the further advantage of making sense . XCVII Page 91 - ' Steer , hither steer your wingèd pines . ' The ...
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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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