Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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Page 10
Troilus , seeing Creseide in a swoon , imagines her dead , and draws his sword
to kill himself , first addressing a farewell to Troy and his family . The whole scene
is delicately touched . And thou , citie , in which I live in wo , And thou Priam ...
Troilus , seeing Creseide in a swoon , imagines her dead , and draws his sword
to kill himself , first addressing a farewell to Troy and his family . The whole scene
is delicately touched . And thou , citie , in which I live in wo , And thou Priam ...
Page 17
... dead ? Of Christendom he ber the flower ; The pope is to his chaumbre wende
For dole he mihte ne speke na more ; Ant aftur cardinales he sende ( a ) Sithes ,
often . That muche couthen of Cristes lore . Both the lasse ENGLISH POETRY .
... dead ? Of Christendom he ber the flower ; The pope is to his chaumbre wende
For dole he mihte ne speke na more ; Ant aftur cardinales he sende ( a ) Sithes ,
often . That muche couthen of Cristes lore . Both the lasse ENGLISH POETRY .
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... :Of this triumphant pleasand place Ane lustie ladie was maistres , Who ' s lord
was dead schort tyme befor , Quairthrom her dolour was the moir ; But yet she
tuik some comforting To heir the plesent dulce talking Of this young squiyer .
... :Of this triumphant pleasand place Ane lustie ladie was maistres , Who ' s lord
was dead schort tyme befor , Quairthrom her dolour was the moir ; But yet she
tuik some comforting To heir the plesent dulce talking Of this young squiyer .
Page 87
... Chaucer , and the many favouring circumstances of the reign of Edward III . ,
not merely failed in floating the national genius rapidly onward , but that through
the whole of the fifteenth century it should apparently have made a dead pause .
... Chaucer , and the many favouring circumstances of the reign of Edward III . ,
not merely failed in floating the national genius rapidly onward , but that through
the whole of the fifteenth century it should apparently have made a dead pause .
Page 159
All dumb and silent , like the dead of night , Or dwelling of some sleepy Sybarite ;
The marble pavement hid with desert weed , With house - leek , thistle , dock ,
and hemlock seed . Look to the tower ' d chimnies , which should be The wind ...
All dumb and silent , like the dead of night , Or dwelling of some sleepy Sybarite ;
The marble pavement hid with desert weed , With house - leek , thistle , dock ,
and hemlock seed . Look to the tower ' d chimnies , which should be The wind ...
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| Title | Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
| Author | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Editor | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Contributor | Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
| Publisher | Oliver & Boyd, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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