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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... light in at the doris shone , For window on the wall ne was ther none , Throgh
which men mightin any light dissern . The dore was al of adamant eterne ,
Yclenchid overthwart and endelong , With iron tough , for to makin it strong .
Every pillar ...
... light in at the doris shone , For window on the wall ne was ther none , Throgh
which men mightin any light dissern . The dore was al of adamant eterne ,
Yclenchid overthwart and endelong , With iron tough , for to makin it strong .
Every pillar ...
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Methinketh I touch not the floore : The roe which renneth on the moore Is than
nought so light as I .And whan it falleth other gate , ( a ) So that hir liketh not to
daunce , But on the dyes to cast a chaunce , Or aske of love some demaunde ; Or
els ...
Methinketh I touch not the floore : The roe which renneth on the moore Is than
nought so light as I .And whan it falleth other gate , ( a ) So that hir liketh not to
daunce , But on the dyes to cast a chaunce , Or aske of love some demaunde ; Or
els ...
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Out of the slepe of mortal hevinesse Awake anon , and loke upon the light Of
thilkč sterre , that with her bemys bright , And with the shynynge of her stremes
meryč , Is wont to glad all our hemisperie ! - ( a ) ( a ) Hemisphere . This sterre in
...
Out of the slepe of mortal hevinesse Awake anon , and loke upon the light Of
thilkč sterre , that with her bemys bright , And with the shynynge of her stremes
meryč , Is wont to glad all our hemisperie ! - ( a ) ( a ) Hemisphere . This sterre in
...
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From the decease of Lydgate , till near the splendid period of the reign of
Elizabeth , there is a dreary void in English poetry , illumined only by those
distant northern lights that streamed from Scotland . The first of these , in point of
precedence ...
From the decease of Lydgate , till near the splendid period of the reign of
Elizabeth , there is a dreary void in English poetry , illumined only by those
distant northern lights that streamed from Scotland . The first of these , in point of
precedence ...
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( h ) Pleasant . ( 0 ) The water blazed like a lamp , and threw about it shadowy
gleams of twinkling light . . ( k ) Boughs . ( 1 ) The high - raised edges or bank .
There is much of the flowery voluptuousness of some of 72 HISTORY OF EARLY.
( h ) Pleasant . ( 0 ) The water blazed like a lamp , and threw about it shadowy
gleams of twinkling light . . ( k ) Boughs . ( 1 ) The high - raised edges or bank .
There is much of the flowery voluptuousness of some of 72 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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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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