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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Page 33
... to whom is given the story of Cambuscan , that singular mixture of wild Arabic
romance and Gothic chivalry which drew forth Milton ' s spirited invocation to the
shade of Chaucer :Call him up who left half - told The story of Cambuscan bold !
... to whom is given the story of Cambuscan , that singular mixture of wild Arabic
romance and Gothic chivalry which drew forth Milton ' s spirited invocation to the
shade of Chaucer :Call him up who left half - told The story of Cambuscan bold !
Page 130
... that mote bee ; For all that pleasing is to living eare Was there consorted in one
harmonee ; Birdes , voices , instruments , windes , waters , all agree : The joyous
birdes , shrouded in chearefull shade , Their 130 SPENSER The Bower of Bliss.
... that mote bee ; For all that pleasing is to living eare Was there consorted in one
harmonee ; Birdes , voices , instruments , windes , waters , all agree : The joyous
birdes , shrouded in chearefull shade , Their 130 SPENSER The Bower of Bliss.
Page 131
The joyous birdes , shrouded in chearefull shade , Their notes unto the voice
attempred sweet , Th ' angelical soft trembling voyces made To th ' instruments
divine respondence meet ; The silver - sounding instruments did meet With the
base ...
The joyous birdes , shrouded in chearefull shade , Their notes unto the voice
attempred sweet , Th ' angelical soft trembling voyces made To th ' instruments
divine respondence meet ; The silver - sounding instruments did meet With the
base ...
Page 135
... good to donne , But stretched forth in ydlenesse alwayes , Ne ever cast his
mind to covet prayse , Or ply himselfe to any honest trade ; But all the day before
the sunny rayes He us ' d to slug , or sleepe in slothful shade : Such laesinesse
both ...
... good to donne , But stretched forth in ydlenesse alwayes , Ne ever cast his
mind to covet prayse , Or ply himselfe to any honest trade ; But all the day before
the sunny rayes He us ' d to slug , or sleepe in slothful shade : Such laesinesse
both ...
Page 138
With him went Daunger , cloth ' d in ragged weed Made of beares skin , that him
more dreadfull made ; Yet his owne face was dreadfull , ne did need Straunge
horrour to deforme his griesly shade : A net in th ' one hand , and a rusty blade In
th ...
With him went Daunger , cloth ' d in ragged weed Made of beares skin , that him
more dreadfull made ; Yet his owne face was dreadfull , ne did need Straunge
horrour to deforme his griesly shade : A net in th ' one hand , and a rusty blade In
th ...
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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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