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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By thee come I to joy out of torment :But now to purpose of my first entent . XI .
Bewailing in my chamber thus alone . Despaired of all joy and remedy , For - tired
of my thought , and woe - begone , Unto the window gan I walk in hie , To see the
...
By thee come I to joy out of torment :But now to purpose of my first entent . XI .
Bewailing in my chamber thus alone . Despaired of all joy and remedy , For - tired
of my thought , and woe - begone , Unto the window gan I walk in hie , To see the
...
Page 74
Make thee good cheer of it that God thee sends , For worldis wrak , ( c ) but
welfare , nought avails ; No good is thine , save only but thou spends , Remenant
( d ) all thou brookest but with bales , Seek to solace when sadness thee assails .
Make thee good cheer of it that God thee sends , For worldis wrak , ( c ) but
welfare , nought avails ; No good is thine , save only but thou spends , Remenant
( d ) all thou brookest but with bales , Seek to solace when sadness thee assails .
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( a ) May , June , and July , wald I dwell in thee . War I one man , to heir the birdis
sound , Quhilk doth again thy royal rocke rebound ! But Lyndsay ' s predominant
qualities of mind were good sense , humour , and knowledge of the bad side of ...
( a ) May , June , and July , wald I dwell in thee . War I one man , to heir the birdis
sound , Quhilk doth again thy royal rocke rebound ! But Lyndsay ' s predominant
qualities of mind were good sense , humour , and knowledge of the bad side of ...
Page 114
Forget not then thine own approv ' d , The which so long hath thee so lov ' d ,
Whose steadfast faith yet never mov ' d , Forget not this ! OF HIS RETURNE
FROM SPAINE . Tagus farewell , that westward with thy stremes , Turnes up the
graines ...
Forget not then thine own approv ' d , The which so long hath thee so lov ' d ,
Whose steadfast faith yet never mov ' d , Forget not this ! OF HIS RETURNE
FROM SPAINE . Tagus farewell , that westward with thy stremes , Turnes up the
graines ...
Page 146
The life of Sir Philip Sydney , ” says Mr Campbell , “ was poetry put in action . ”
SONNET . HE that loves , and fears to try , Learns his mistress to deny . Doth she
chide thee ? ' tis to shew it That thy coldness makes her do it . Is she silent , is she
...
The life of Sir Philip Sydney , ” says Mr Campbell , “ was poetry put in action . ”
SONNET . HE that loves , and fears to try , Learns his mistress to deny . Doth she
chide thee ? ' tis to shew it That thy coldness makes her do it . Is she silent , is she
...
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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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