Melodies, Songs, Sacred Songs, and National Airs: Containing Several Never Before Published in America |
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Page 19
... death - bed , my love , Looking back on the scene of our errors ; A sigh from my Bessy shall plead then above , And death be disarm'd of his terrors ! And each to the other embracing will say , " MELODIES . 1.9.
... death - bed , my love , Looking back on the scene of our errors ; A sigh from my Bessy shall plead then above , And death be disarm'd of his terrors ! And each to the other embracing will say , " MELODIES . 1.9.
Page 49
... death , The close he long wish'd to his cheerless roving , For victory shone on his latest breath , And he died in a cause of his heart's approving ; But still he remember'd his sorrow , and still He sung , till the vision of his life ...
... death , The close he long wish'd to his cheerless roving , For victory shone on his latest breath , And he died in a cause of his heart's approving ; But still he remember'd his sorrow , and still He sung , till the vision of his life ...
Page 156
... death , and death only ! But no- -the young false one had fled ! And there hung the lute that could soften My very worst pains into bliss , While the hand that had wak'd it so often , Now throbb'd to my proud rival's kiss ! There was a ...
... death , and death only ! But no- -the young false one had fled ! And there hung the lute that could soften My very worst pains into bliss , While the hand that had wak'd it so often , Now throbb'd to my proud rival's kiss ! There was a ...
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