Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes |
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LOVE IS THE THEME OF THE MINSTREL.
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Love is the theme!Love is the theme of the minstrel, all over the earth.
List to the light hearted Chanson of France,
Trace the burthen of German romance.
Hear the guitar in the sweet orange grove;
Of what sings the Spaniard?
Oh, is it not love?—yes, yes, love is the theme!
Love is the theme of the minstrel, all over the earth.
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Love is the theme!Love is the theme of the minstrel, all over the earth.
List to the song in the camp of the brave,
Hear the sailor the sport of the wave.
In court, or in cottage, wherever you rove,
Of what sings the minstrel?
Oh, is not love?—yes, yes, love is the theme!
Love is the theme of the minstrel, all over the earth.
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