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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And let his sword doune glide , Ye , hertè mine , that thankid be Cupide , Quoth
she : and therwithall she sorè sight ( c ) And he began to glad her as he might .
Toke her in armis two , and kist her oft , And her to glad he did all his intent : For ...
And let his sword doune glide , Ye , hertè mine , that thankid be Cupide , Quoth
she : and therwithall she sorè sight ( c ) And he began to glad her as he might .
Toke her in armis two , and kist her oft , And her to glad he did all his intent : For ...
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But meat , drink , clothes , and of the laif ( a ) a sight ! Yet , to the judge thou shall
give ' compt of all . A reckoning right comes of a ragment ( 6 ) small . Be just , and
joyous , and do to none injure , And Truth shall make thee strong as any wall ...
But meat , drink , clothes , and of the laif ( a ) a sight ! Yet , to the judge thou shall
give ' compt of all . A reckoning right comes of a ragment ( 6 ) small . Be just , and
joyous , and do to none injure , And Truth shall make thee strong as any wall ...
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... impetuous grandeur . In following its track , we must soon indeed lose sight of
the bold , broad , rush . ing wave which swept forward on its swell the bark of
Shakspeare through all the quick - changing and luxuriant ENGLISH POETRY .
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... impetuous grandeur . In following its track , we must soon indeed lose sight of
the bold , broad , rush . ing wave which swept forward on its swell the bark of
Shakspeare through all the quick - changing and luxuriant ENGLISH POETRY .
101.
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The palm - play , where , despoiled for the game , With dazed eyes , oft we by
gleams of love Have miss ' d the ball , and got sight of our dame ; To bait her eyes
which kept the leads above . The gravel ground , which sleeves tied on the helm
...
The palm - play , where , despoiled for the game , With dazed eyes , oft we by
gleams of love Have miss ' d the ball , and got sight of our dame ; To bait her eyes
which kept the leads above . The gravel ground , which sleeves tied on the helm
...
Page 111
Honsdon did first present her to mine ey ' n ; Bright is her hue , and Geraldine she
hight ; Hampton me taught to wish her first for mine , And Windsor , alas , doth
chase me from her sight ! Her beauty of kind ; her virtues from above ; Happy is
he ...
Honsdon did first present her to mine ey ' n ; Bright is her hue , and Geraldine she
hight ; Hampton me taught to wish her first for mine , And Windsor , alas , doth
chase me from her sight ! Her beauty of kind ; her virtues from above ; Happy is
he ...
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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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