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 39
... men might his bridel here Gingèling in a whistling wind as clere , And eke as
loude , as doth the chapell belle , Ther as this lord was keeper of the celle . The
reule of Seint Maure and of Seint Beneit , Because that it was olde and somdele ...
... men might his bridel here Gingèling in a whistling wind as clere , And eke as
loude , as doth the chapell belle , Ther as this lord was keeper of the celle . The
reule of Seint Maure and of Seint Beneit , Because that it was olde and somdele ...
Page 84
... which must have flourished in vigour under the most adverse circumstances
like the chance - blown seed , which , fastening on some Gothic ruin , will grow
into a flower of beauty surpassing its kind , dally with the wind , and mock the
storm ...
... which must have flourished in vigour under the most adverse circumstances
like the chance - blown seed , which , fastening on some Gothic ruin , will grow
into a flower of beauty surpassing its kind , dally with the wind , and mock the
storm ...
Page 86
... deep ; the romantic and varied music of the “ lovely lay " chanted by the other ,
with all its magic turns , and breaks , and languishing cadences , blends in “ one
harmonie , ” in which Birds , voices , instruments , winds , waters , all agree .
... deep ; the romantic and varied music of the “ lovely lay " chanted by the other ,
with all its magic turns , and breaks , and languishing cadences , blends in “ one
harmonie , ” in which Birds , voices , instruments , winds , waters , all agree .
Page 118
... by course of changed winds , The top of hope supposed , the root of ruth will be
, And fruitless all their graffed guiles , as shortly ye shall see . Then dazzled eyes
with pride , which great ambition blinds , Shall be unseald by worthy wights ...
... by course of changed winds , The top of hope supposed , the root of ruth will be
, And fruitless all their graffed guiles , as shortly ye shall see . Then dazzled eyes
with pride , which great ambition blinds , Shall be unseald by worthy wights ...
Page 131
... The waters fall with difference discreet , Now soft , now loud , unto the wind did
call ; The gentle warbling wind low answered to all . There , whence that musick
semed heard to bee , Was the faire witch herselfe now solacing With a new lover
...
... The waters fall with difference discreet , Now soft , now loud , unto the wind did
call ; The gentle warbling wind low answered to all . There , whence that musick
semed heard to bee , Was the faire witch herselfe now solacing With a new lover
...
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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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