Voice of Her I Love, The

DESCRIPTION: "How sweet at close of silent eve The harp's responsive sound... But oh, more soft, more sweet to me The voice of her I love." He will suffer all insults and "frowns of fate," "Content and bless'd whene'er I hear, The voice of her I love."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1822 (Bodleian broadsides Johnson Ballads fol. 14, Johnson Ballads fol. 15)
KEYWORDS: love nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 14, "The Voice of Her I Love" (1 text)
Roud #8228
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Johnson Ballads fol. 14=Johnson Ballads fol. 15 (=Harding B 36(29)?), "The voice of her I love. An Italian air," J. Catnach (London), 1822; also Harding B 11(422), "The voice of her I love," J. Catnach (London) 1813-1838; also Harding B 11(2173), "The voice of her I love," J. Walker (Durham), n.d.; also Firth c.18(60)=Harding B 16(297c), "The voice of her I love," J Pitts (London), 1819-1844; also Harding B 14(315), "The voice of her I love," T. Watts (Birmingham), 1846
File: HMHS014C

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