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Page xix
... quote here as representing the attitude of the more serious minds of the age towards the excessive ornament and eroticism of the time : 1 See p . 87 . Muses that sing Love's sensual empery , And lovers kindling INTRODUCTION . xix.
... quote here as representing the attitude of the more serious minds of the age towards the excessive ornament and eroticism of the time : 1 See p . 87 . Muses that sing Love's sensual empery , And lovers kindling INTRODUCTION . xix.
Page xx
... mind , But dwell in darkness ; for your god is blind.1 This limitation of the sonnet in subject and treatment led to no little repetition . Indeed , many sonnets were written in avowed competition , as the well - known series of tourna ...
... mind , But dwell in darkness ; for your god is blind.1 This limitation of the sonnet in subject and treatment led to no little repetition . Indeed , many sonnets were written in avowed competition , as the well - known series of tourna ...
Page lxvi
... mind came increasing power and aban- don in style and versification ; and this applies to the incidental lyrics of his plays ( as far as the data enables us to judge ) , as it applies to the sweep and cadence of his blank verse.1 On the ...
... mind came increasing power and aban- don in style and versification ; and this applies to the incidental lyrics of his plays ( as far as the data enables us to judge ) , as it applies to the sweep and cadence of his blank verse.1 On the ...
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... mind ever burning , Never sick , never old , never dead , From itself never turning . THOMAS LODGE , Scilla's Meta- morphosis , etc. , 1589 ; written about 1577 . LAMENT . THE earth , late choked with showers , Is now arrayed in green ...
... mind ever burning , Never sick , never old , never dead , From itself never turning . THOMAS LODGE , Scilla's Meta- morphosis , etc. , 1589 ; written about 1577 . LAMENT . THE earth , late choked with showers , Is now arrayed in green ...
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... mind Must use to sail with every wind . He that loves , and fears to try , Learns his mistress to deny . Doth she chide thee ? ' tis to shew - it That thy coldness makes her do it . Is she silent ? is she mute ? 5 IO Silence fully ...
... mind Must use to sail with every wind . He that loves , and fears to try , Learns his mistress to deny . Doth she chide thee ? ' tis to shew - it That thy coldness makes her do it . Is she silent ? is she mute ? 5 IO Silence fully ...
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