Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . Wj ^<<^ PAUL WII ITEM i: AD. 1710-1774. This not very remarkable poet was first a mercers apprentice,?ind then a barrister. He wrote a satire on Manners, anotheron Pugihsm ; and was a lounger, and a not very reputable triflerat the Prince of Waless house in Leicester Fields. HUNTING SONG. The sun from the east tips the mountains with gold ;The meadows all spangled with dew-drops beholdHear, the larks early matin proclaims the new the horns cheer
Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . Wj ^<<^ PAUL WII ITEM i: AD. 1710-1774. This not very remarkable poet was first a mercers apprentice,?ind then a barrister. He wrote a satire on Manners, anotheron Pugihsm ; and was a lounger, and a not very reputable triflerat the Prince of Waless house in Leicester Fields. HUNTING SONG. The sun from the east tips the mountains with gold ;The meadows all spangled with dew-drops beholdHear, the larks early matin proclaims the new the horns cheerful summons rebukes our delay. Chorus. With the sports of the field theres no pleasure can jocund we follow the hounds in full cry. Let the drudge of the town make riches his sport ;The slave of the state hunt the smiles of a court :No care and ambition our pastime innocence still gives a zest to our joy. With the sports, &c. Mankind are all hunters in various degree ;The priest hunts a living—the lawyer a fee,The doctor a patient—the courtier a place,Though often, like us, hes flung out in the chase. W
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