canzonet

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It also belongs to the octave group, and is diversified with a canzonet.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.

How we sang together the old-fashioned canzonet, 'Love in thine eyes forever plays'?

From A Romance of the Republic by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

The little canzonet "J'aime mieux ma mie," is, I believe, the first Wordsworthian poem298 brought forward on philosophical principles to oppose the schools of art and affectation.

From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by Ruskin, John

In lighter vein is the canzonet to the lady who swore by her eyes, a custom which was rather common according to the tales of chivalry so popular shortly before this time.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

I will have a canzonet made, with nothing in it but sirrah; and the burthen shall be, I come.

From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben