The musical miscellany : being a collection of choice songs, set to the violin and flute, by the most eminent masters . d and conftant Mate, Well meet again below;It is the kind Decree of Fate, And I with Pleafure go. While thus (he fung, upon a Tree Within th adjacent Wood,To hear her mournful Melody, A Stork attentive flood:From whence, thus to the Swan flic ipofo What means this Song of Joy?Is it, fond Fool, fo kind a Stroke, That does thy Life deftroy ? Turn back, deluded Bird, and try To keep thy fleeting Breath;ft is a difinal thing to die; And Pleafure ends in Death. uz SONGS. Bafc Stor
The musical miscellany : being a collection of choice songs, set to the violin and flute, by the most eminent masters . d and conftant Mate, Well meet again below;It is the kind Decree of Fate, And I with Pleafure go. While thus (he fung, upon a Tree Within th adjacent Wood,To hear her mournful Melody, A Stork attentive flood:From whence, thus to the Swan flic ipofo What means this Song of Joy?Is it, fond Fool, fo kind a Stroke, That does thy Life deftroy ? Turn back, deluded Bird, and try To keep thy fleeting Breath;ft is a difinal thing to die; And Pleafure ends in Death. uz SONGS. Bafc Stork, the Swan replyd, give oer; Thy Arguments are vain;If after Death we are no more, Yet we are free from Pain: But there are foft Elyfian Shades, And Bowers of kind Repofe,Where never any Storm invades, Nor Tcmpeft ever in cool Streams, and fliady Woods, Ill fport the Time away;Or, fwimming down the cryftal Floods, Among young Halcyons play. Then prythec ceafe, or tell me why I have fuch Caufe to grieve;Since its a Happinefs to die, And its a Pain to live. For the Flute. f4;6j rid SONGS. 113BONNY Loves Goddefs in a Myrtle Grove, Said,
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