canzonet

Example Sentences

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You find not the apostrophes, and so miss the accent; let me supervise the canzonet.

From Canterbury Pieces by Butler, Samuel

This was the meaning of last night's canzonet!

From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles

Young Love's for us a farce that's played; Light canzonet and serenade No more may tempt us; Gray hairs but ill accord with dreams; From aught but sour didactic themes Our years exempt us.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Come to these shades, these airs that stir the screen Of whispering branches and their murmurs set To Philomel's enamored canzonet: Choose this for thine own land, thy loved demesne!

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

With a canzonet and tabor, Thus, with ho-ho-ho! and our hi-hi-hi!

From Soldier Songs and Love Songs by Laidlaw, A. H. (Alexander Hamilton)