Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan AgeArthur Henry Bullen |
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... merrily trip and go ! FAIR FADING SUMMER . AIR summer droops , droop men and beasts there- fore , So fair a summer look for never more : All good things vanish less than in a day , Peace , plenty , pleasure , suddenly decay . Go not yet ...
... merrily trip and go ! FAIR FADING SUMMER . AIR summer droops , droop men and beasts there- fore , So fair a summer look for never more : All good things vanish less than in a day , Peace , plenty , pleasure , suddenly decay . Go not yet ...
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... merrily hent the stile - a : A merry heart goes all the day , Your sad tires in a mile - a . COME BUY , COME BUY . LAWN as white as driven snow ; Cypress black as e'er was crow ; Gloves as sweet as damask roses ; Masks for faces , and ...
... merrily hent the stile - a : A merry heart goes all the day , Your sad tires in a mile - a . COME BUY , COME BUY . LAWN as white as driven snow ; Cypress black as e'er was crow ; Gloves as sweet as damask roses ; Masks for faces , and ...
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... merrily : Merrily , merrily , shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough . From BEN JONSON'S Cynthia's Revels , 1601 . SLOW , 56 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE .
... merrily : Merrily , merrily , shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough . From BEN JONSON'S Cynthia's Revels , 1601 . SLOW , 56 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE .
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... Merrily , merrily , make him sail , A worm in his mouth and a thorn in his tail , Fire above , and fire below , With a whip in your hand to make him go ! [ O now she's come ! Let all be dumb . ] 1 Ball of thread . 2 Wild cat . From BEN ...
... Merrily , merrily , make him sail , A worm in his mouth and a thorn in his tail , Fire above , and fire below , With a whip in your hand to make him go ! [ O now she's come ! Let all be dumb . ] 1 Ball of thread . 2 Wild cat . From BEN ...
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... merrily . Down - a - down , hey , down - a - down , Hey derry derry down - a - down ! Ho ! well done , to me let come , Ring compass , gentle joy ! Troll the bowl , the nut - brown bowl , And here kind , & c . ( as often as there be men ...
... merrily . Down - a - down , hey , down - a - down , Hey derry derry down - a - down ! Ho ! well done , to me let come , Ring compass , gentle joy ! Troll the bowl , the nut - brown bowl , And here kind , & c . ( as often as there be men ...
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Apollo arrows beauty Ben Jonson birds bless bright Careless Shepherdess charm Chorus cold crown Cuckoo Cupid dance dead death delight ding dong doth drink eyes fair fairy fear fire flowers fool Gipsy give golden grave green grow Hark haste hath head heart heaven heaven's gate Hecate heigh Hesperus hither holiday holy honour Hymen JAMES SHIRLEY'S JOHN FLETCHER'S JONSON'S keep king kiss lady lips live Love's lovers lusty Lyly's lyrical maid Maid's Tragedy Masque Melampus merrily merry MISTRESS mortal ne'er never Nice Valour night nonny Nymph o'er play praise pretty queen Richard Brome Robin Hood rose satyrs shepherds shine sigh sing sleep songs sorrow soul spring stay Strow sweet tears thee Thetis thing THOMAS THOMAS MIDDLETON thou art unto Venus virgin wanton weep Whilst William Rowley wind Witch youth
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Page 34 - Philomel with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby. Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby. Never harm Nor spell nor charm Come our lovely lady nigh. So good night, with lullaby.
Page 44 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen. Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh ho! sing, heigh ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly : Then, heigh ho! the holly! This life is most jolly.
Page 217 - Wherewith she sits on diamond rocks Sleeking her soft alluring locks; By all the nymphs that nightly dance Upon thy streams with wily glance; Rise, rise, and heave thy rosy head From thy coral-paven bed, And bridle in thy headlong wave, Till thou our summons answered have. Listen and save!
Page 52 - Fear no more the frown o' the great, Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe, and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak: The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust.
Page 31 - When 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...
Page 142 - Of what is't fools make such vain keeping? Sin their conception, their birth weeping, Their life a general mist of error, Their death a hideous storm of terror. Strew your hair with powders sweet, Don clean linen, bathe your feet, And (the foul fiend more to check) A crucifix let bless your neck : 'Tis now full tide 'tween night and day ; End your groan, and come away.
Page 56 - Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell : Hark! now I hear them, — ding-dong, bell.
Page 69 - Do but look on her eyes, they do light All that Love's world compriseth! Do but look on her hair, it is bright As love's star when it riseth! Do but mark, her...
Page 47 - In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding. Sweet lovers love the spring.
Page 43 - UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE' UNDER the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat; Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i...