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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... has been admitted into this compilation that has not either stood the test of time
, or been allowed to possess those enduring qualities which will make the
contents of this small volume as valuable centuries hence as at the present hour .
... has been admitted into this compilation that has not either stood the test of time
, or been allowed to possess those enduring qualities which will make the
contents of this small volume as valuable centuries hence as at the present hour .
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Rev . George CROLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 Pericles and Aspasia . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . ib . The Minstrel ' s Hour . . . . . . . . From Sebastian , a Spanish Tale .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev . W . L . BOWLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 South ...
Rev . George CROLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 Pericles and Aspasia . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . ib . The Minstrel ' s Hour . . . . . . . . From Sebastian , a Spanish Tale .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev . W . L . BOWLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 South ...
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I have watched all night on the beach where the seagulls , whose plumes glitter ,
sport on the bed of billows , and where herb . age growing in a solitary place is of
a deep green , That is , it was the hour of noon . tended the Danes in their ...
I have watched all night on the beach where the seagulls , whose plumes glitter ,
sport on the bed of billows , and where herb . age growing in a solitary place is of
a deep green , That is , it was the hour of noon . tended the Danes in their ...
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The King sees the Lady Jane from his prison window at Windsor , walking in a
garden with her ladies at a very early hour :The longe dayes and the nightis eke I
would bewail my fortune in this wise ; For which , against distress comfort to seek
...
The King sees the Lady Jane from his prison window at Windsor , walking in a
garden with her ladies at a very early hour :The longe dayes and the nightis eke I
would bewail my fortune in this wise ; For which , against distress comfort to seek
...
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And therewith cast I down mine eye again , Whereas I saw , walking under the
tow ' r , Ful secretly , new comen her to pleyne , ( f ) The fairest or the freshest
younge flow ' r That ever I saw , methought , before that hour ; For which sudden
abate ...
And therewith cast I down mine eye again , Whereas I saw , walking under the
tow ' r , Ful secretly , new comen her to pleyne , ( f ) The fairest or the freshest
younge flow ' r That ever I saw , methought , before that hour ; For which sudden
abate ...
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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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