canzonet

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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.

He takes his lute and sings an Italian canzonet which has the desired effect.

From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)

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

"Much better," observed Joungevello, the minstrel; "I shall write a canzonet in her praise, and sing it before the king."

From Windsor Castle by Ainsworth, William Harrison

The note to which Byron refers is on the canzonet 'Naö sei quem assella', "Thou hast an eye of tender blue."

From Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley