Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language;Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row., 1811 - English poetry |
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... Lord ! how the gentle nymph doth start . She runs not now , she shoots no more ; Away she throws both shafts and bow : She seeks for that she shunn'd before , She thinks the shepherd's haste too slow . Though mountains meet not , lovers ...
... Lord ! how the gentle nymph doth start . She runs not now , she shoots no more ; Away she throws both shafts and bow : She seeks for that she shunn'd before , She thinks the shepherd's haste too slow . Though mountains meet not , lovers ...
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... lord Hayes , printed 1607 , 4to . and the other repre . sented at lord Knowles's , at Cawsome - house , & c . printed 1613 , 4to . The following pieces are taken from Davison's miscellany . W Of Corinna's Singing . HEN to her lute ...
... lord Hayes , printed 1607 , 4to . and the other repre . sented at lord Knowles's , at Cawsome - house , & c . printed 1613 , 4to . The following pieces are taken from Davison's miscellany . W Of Corinna's Singing . HEN to her lute ...
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... lord Falkland , who contributed two copies of verses in honour of his Tragedy and his Psalms . He died in 1643 . His poetical version of Ovid's Metamorphoses , once much admired , was originally published in 1627 , with the first book ...
... lord Falkland , who contributed two copies of verses in honour of his Tragedy and his Psalms . He died in 1643 . His poetical version of Ovid's Metamorphoses , once much admired , was originally published in 1627 , with the first book ...
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... Lord with all your powers ! Angels , your clear voices raise ! Him you heavenly armies praise ! Sun , and moon with borrow'd lights All you sparkling eyes of night , Waters hanging in the air , Heaven of heavens , his praise declare ...
... Lord with all your powers ! Angels , your clear voices raise ! Him you heavenly armies praise ! Sun , and moon with borrow'd lights All you sparkling eyes of night , Waters hanging in the air , Heaven of heavens , his praise declare ...
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... lord Orford has al- ready observed ) most admirably drawn by lord Claren- don ( Hist . Rebellion , Vol . I. p . 57. ) A collection of poems , partly written by him , partly by Sir Benjamin Ruddier , and partly ( as it should seem ) ...
... lord Orford has al- ready observed ) most admirably drawn by lord Claren- don ( Hist . Rebellion , Vol . I. p . 57. ) A collection of poems , partly written by him , partly by Sir Benjamin Ruddier , and partly ( as it should seem ) ...
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