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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248 To Althea , from Prison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To a Rose . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Grasshopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Lucasta , going to the Wars .
248 To Althea , from Prison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To a Rose . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Grasshopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Lucasta , going to the Wars .
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His genius rose at once on his native land , like the morning - star after a long
night of obscurity ; and on his death the splendour of this illus . trious dawn
suffered an eclipse of nearly two centuries , when the Reformation ushered in the
most ...
His genius rose at once on his native land , like the morning - star after a long
night of obscurity ; and on his death the splendour of this illus . trious dawn
suffered an eclipse of nearly two centuries , when the Reformation ushered in the
most ...
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Of smalé houndès hadde she , that she fedde With rosted flesh , and milk , and
wastel brede . But sore wept she if on of hem were dede , ( a ) Called . ( d )
Smallest spot . ( g ) To imitate . ( 6 ) Neatly , ( e ) Rose . ( h ) Worthy . ( c ) Her
pleasure .
Of smalé houndès hadde she , that she fedde With rosted flesh , and milk , and
wastel brede . But sore wept she if on of hem were dede , ( a ) Called . ( d )
Smallest spot . ( g ) To imitate . ( 6 ) Neatly , ( e ) Rose . ( h ) Worthy . ( c ) Her
pleasure .
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His tomb , decorated with his volumes and his effigy , the head garlanded with
roses , is still to be seen in the church of St Mary Overey in Southwark , to the
erection of which edifice he had liberally contributed . Gower ' s will is still extant ,
from ...
His tomb , decorated with his volumes and his effigy , the head garlanded with
roses , is still to be seen in the church of St Mary Overey in Southwark , to the
erection of which edifice he had liberally contributed . Gower ' s will is still extant ,
from ...
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The Thistle and the Rose of Dunbar is a beautiful piece of poetic fancy ; but in
The Golden Terge the peculiarities of his genius are more strikingly displayed .
His Friars of Berwick is an excellent story in the comic style , and not without its
moral ...
The Thistle and the Rose of Dunbar is a beautiful piece of poetic fancy ; but in
The Golden Terge the peculiarities of his genius are more strikingly displayed .
His Friars of Berwick is an excellent story in the comic style , and not without its
moral ...
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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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