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OR

A SELECT COLLECTION

OF

ENGLISH SONGS.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

AN ESSAY ON SONG-WRITING

BY JOHN AIKIN, M.D.

And ever, against eating cares,
Lap me in soft Lydian airs,

Married to immortal verse.

MILTON.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON AND CO., ST. PAUL'S

CHURCHYARD.

1810.