Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . .y ^ REV. RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM. 1788—1845. The Ingoldsby Legends are now classical; occasionallysomcvhat coarse and ribald, they are delightful for their super-abundant fun, wonderful grotesque rhymes, and facile have taken Barham at somewhat more serious moments,and intent on a quieter fun. SONG. There sits a bird on yonder tree. More fond than cushat dove ;There sits a bird on yonder tree. And sings to me of ! stoop thee from thine eyrie
Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . .y ^ REV. RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM. 1788—1845. The Ingoldsby Legends are now classical; occasionallysomcvhat coarse and ribald, they are delightful for their super-abundant fun, wonderful grotesque rhymes, and facile have taken Barham at somewhat more serious moments,and intent on a quieter fun. SONG. There sits a bird on yonder tree. More fond than cushat dove ;There sits a bird on yonder tree. And sings to me of ! stoop thee from thine eyrie down,And nestle thee near my the moments fly,And the hour is nighWhen thou and I must part. My love !When thou and I must part. ^ In yonder covert lurks a pride of the sylvan scene ; In yonder covert lurks a I am his only queen ;174. WW-
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