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The following personification of Envy is marked by the coarse vigour of
Longlande ' s pencil :Of a frere ' s froke were the fore sleves , And as a leek that
hath lied long in the sunne , So looked he with leane chekes , lowering foule . To
these ...
The following personification of Envy is marked by the coarse vigour of
Longlande ' s pencil :Of a frere ' s froke were the fore sleves , And as a leek that
hath lied long in the sunne , So looked he with leane chekes , lowering foule . To
these ...
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... hath perced to the rote , ( 6 ) And bathed every veine in swiche ( c ) licour , Of
which vertue engendred is the flour ; Whan Zephirus eke with his sotè brethe
Enspired hath in every holt ( d ) and hethe The tender croppes , and the yongè
sonne ...
... hath perced to the rote , ( 6 ) And bathed every veine in swiche ( c ) licour , Of
which vertue engendred is the flour ; Whan Zephirus eke with his sotè brethe
Enspired hath in every holt ( d ) and hethe The tender croppes , and the yongè
sonne ...
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... ( g ) The holy blisful martyr for to seke , That hem hath holpen , whan that they
were seke . ( h ) Befelle , that , in that seson on a day , In Southwerke at the
Tabard as I lay , Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage To Canterbury with devoute
corage .
... ( g ) The holy blisful martyr for to seke , That hem hath holpen , whan that they
were seke . ( h ) Befelle , that , in that seson on a day , In Southwerke at the
Tabard as I lay , Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage To Canterbury with devoute
corage .
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A vois he hadde , as smale as hath a gote , No berd hadde he , ne never non
shulde have , As smothe it was as it were newè shave ; I trowe he were a gelding
or a mare . But of his craft , fro Berwike unto Ware , Ne was ther swiche an other ...
A vois he hadde , as smale as hath a gote , No berd hadde he , ne never non
shulde have , As smothe it was as it were newè shave ; I trowe he were a gelding
or a mare . But of his craft , fro Berwike unto Ware , Ne was ther swiche an other ...
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With yalowe nailes , and bright as any gold , He hath a beris ( a ) skinn cole - blak
for old . His long here was kemped behind his bak , As any raven ' s fether ' t
shone for blak . A wrethe of golde armgrete , ( b ) of huge weight , Upon his hed ...
With yalowe nailes , and bright as any gold , He hath a beris ( a ) skinn cole - blak
for old . His long here was kemped behind his bak , As any raven ' s fether ' t
shone for blak . A wrethe of golde armgrete , ( b ) of huge weight , Upon his hed ...
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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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