canzonet
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"Much better," observed Joungevello, the minstrel; "I shall write a canzonet in her praise, and sing it before the king."
From Windsor Castle by William Harrison Ainsworth
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 Ernest Hartley Coleridge
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
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 George P. (George Putnam) Upton
Presently a single voice rose, singing an exquisite little French canzonet, the refrain of which was a passionate repetition of the word "Amie."
From Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott
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