Chearful, see yon shepherd boy Pleas'd, the cuckoo's notes he mocks. T. DIBDIN. THE LOVE-LETTER. CORRI, LONDON. Sung by Mr Braham. BRAHAM. HARK! where martial music, sounding far, The welcome letter brings! And then of promis'd joys she sweetly sings; Marching over Egypt's tented plain, Or braving foes on India's distant shore, The youth, by Fancy whisper'd, fears again To see his love and native land no more; Till Time, on Neptune's wings, And then of promis'd joy he gaily sings; T. DIBDIN. THE BEAUTIFUL MAID! DALE, LONDON. Sung by Mr Braham. BRAHAM. WHEN absent from her my soul holds most dear, What medley of passions invade! In this bosom what anguish, what hope, and what fear, In vain I seek pleasure to lighten my grief, CORRI. THE BIRD IN YONDER CAGE, ETC. T. DIBDIN.. CORRI, LONDON. Sung by Madame Storace. THE bird in yonder cage confin'd Good-nature only wakes the lay; T. DIBDIN. MARIA. -CORRI, LONDON. Sung by Mr Braham. THO' born in fashion's gayest sphere, To scandal o'er her tea Yet had she heard or seen, yet mum In fashion's circles, Friendship dear May well her loss deplore, And learn, from what they see or hear, BRAHAM, I SMILE AT LOVE, ETC. VANBRUGH,LONGMAN, LONDON.--. Sung at the Public Concerts. I SMILE at Love and all his arts, Once free and bless'd as you are now, I sported with his little bow, Till urg'd too far, Revenge! he cries; It took its passage thro' your eyes, To tear it thence I strove in vain, GIORDANI ANON, FAR, FAR AT SEA!. GOULDING, LONDON. Sung by Mr Incledon. FLORIO. 'TWAS at night, when the bell had told twelve, And poor Susan was laid on her pillow, In her car whisper'd some flitting elve, All was dark as she 'woke out of breath; So she whisper'd a pray'r, clos'd her eyes; As struggling he sunk in a billow, Far, far at sea! DIBDIN.. THE SOLDIER'S ADIEU. -DIBDIN, LONDON. Sung by Mr Dibdin, &c. ADIEU, adieu, my only life, My honour calls me from thee; Where thund'ring cannons rattle, Where valour's self might stand appall'd, Thy fervent orisons are ftown, DIBDIN. |