British Theatre, Volume 11J. Bell, 1791 - English drama |
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... song which the Lady was to be supposed to execute . " To conclude , it may not be impertinent to observe , that " The Faithful Shepherdess of Beaumont and Fletcher , which " is esteemed one of the most beautiful compositions in our ...
... song which the Lady was to be supposed to execute . " To conclude , it may not be impertinent to observe , that " The Faithful Shepherdess of Beaumont and Fletcher , which " is esteemed one of the most beautiful compositions in our ...
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... song " Well knows to still the wild winds when they roar , " And hush the waving woods ; nor of less faith , " And in this office of his mountain watch " Likeliest and nearest to the present aid " Of this occasion . Veil'd in such ...
... song " Well knows to still the wild winds when they roar , " And hush the waving woods ; nor of less faith , " And in this office of his mountain watch " Likeliest and nearest to the present aid " Of this occasion . Veil'd in such ...
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... SONG . Now Phœbus sinketh in the west , Welcome song and welcome jest , 150 Midnight shout and revelry , Tipsy dance and jollity : 20 At I. COMUS ,
... SONG . Now Phœbus sinketh in the west , Welcome song and welcome jest , 150 Midnight shout and revelry , Tipsy dance and jollity : 20 At I. COMUS ,
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... SONG . By a Woman . By dimpled brook and fountain brim The Wood - nymphs , deck'd with daisies trim , Their merry wakes and pastimes keep ; What has night to do with sleep ? Night has better sweets to prove ; Venus now wakes and wakens ...
... SONG . By a Woman . By dimpled brook and fountain brim The Wood - nymphs , deck'd with daisies trim , Their merry wakes and pastimes keep ; What has night to do with sleep ? Night has better sweets to prove ; Venus now wakes and wakens ...
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... SONG . By Comus and Woman . From tyrant laws and customs free We follow sweet variety ; By turns we drink , and dance , and sing , Love for ever on the wing . Why should niggard rules control Transports of the jovial soul ? No dull ...
... SONG . By Comus and Woman . From tyrant laws and customs free We follow sweet variety ; By turns we drink , and dance , and sing , Love for ever on the wing . Why should niggard rules control Transports of the jovial soul ? No dull ...
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affair Bacchanals beauty believe better bless bliss brother charms Clar CLARISSA Colonel OLDBOY Comus dare daugh daughter dear Dian DIANA Dibdin ev'ry FANNY farmer father favour fear fellow Flowerdale's fortune gentleman Giles gipsies girl give happy Harman hear heart Heaven hither honour hope ISAAC BICKERSTAFF Jenny JESSAMY joys justice of peace LADY SYCAMORE Lion Lionel live look Lord AIMWORTH Lord Harry lordship Madam marriage marry Master Fairfield master Jenkins MERVIN mind Miss Naiads never night nymph Oldboy's papa Patty pleasure poor pow'r pray Ralph SCENE XII servant shew Sir Harry Sir John Flowerdale SONG soul speak Spirit sure sweet talk tell thee THEODOSIA there's thing thou thought thro told vex'd vext virtue what's wish word young lady youth Zounds
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Page 47 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 48 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 17 - But their way Lies through the perplexed paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger...
Page 31 - Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 60 - Yet should I try, the uncontrolled worth Of this pure cause would kindle my rapt spirits To such a flame of sacred vehemence...
Page 23 - My best guide now : methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment, Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe, Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds, When, for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss.
Page 48 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come,- and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 56 - Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please, and sate the curious taste...
Page 34 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear...