canzonet
Example Sentences
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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 James J. Walsh
With a canzonet and tabor, Yea, with ho-ho-ho! and our hi-hi-hi!
From Soldier Songs and Love Songs by A. H. (Alexander Hamilton) Laidlaw
How we sang together the old-fashioned canzonet, 'Love in thine eyes forever plays'?
From A Romance of the Republic by Lydia Maria Francis Child
You find not the apostrophes, and so miss the accent; let me supervise the canzonet.
From Canterbury Pieces by Samuel Butler
With your leave, I will try a canzonet I learned in London.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by John P. Kennedy
