The Book of Gems: Chaucer to PriorSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1836 - English poetry |
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... Poets - inasmuch as in England he acquired the " lore " in which he so greatly excelled , but Scotland , after this period , contended for superiority , and attained it . LYDGATE . AND sayng after on the next nyght Whyle 10 JOHN LYDGATE .
... Poets - inasmuch as in England he acquired the " lore " in which he so greatly excelled , but Scotland , after this period , contended for superiority , and attained it . LYDGATE . AND sayng after on the next nyght Whyle 10 JOHN LYDGATE .
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... England . He continued eighteen years in durance ; but , during his seclusion at Windsor Castle , his thraldom was " made light " by his intimacy with the Lady Jane Beaufort , daughter of the Duke of Somerset , to whom he was ...
... England . He continued eighteen years in durance ; but , during his seclusion at Windsor Castle , his thraldom was " made light " by his intimacy with the Lady Jane Beaufort , daughter of the Duke of Somerset , to whom he was ...
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... England , his name was conspicuous in all the military achievements of the age ; -and in 1544 he commanded as Field Marshal the English army in an expedition against Boulogne . But the tide of his success was on the ebb . The despot ...
... England , his name was conspicuous in all the military achievements of the age ; -and in 1544 he commanded as Field Marshal the English army in an expedition against Boulogne . But the tide of his success was on the ebb . The despot ...
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... England upon the trial of Mary Queen of Scots ; and was one of the most distinguished officers employed against the Spanish Armada . In youth he was remarkable , says Wood , for his wit , adroitness in exercises , and valour and zeal ...
... England upon the trial of Mary Queen of Scots ; and was one of the most distinguished officers employed against the Spanish Armada . In youth he was remarkable , says Wood , for his wit , adroitness in exercises , and valour and zeal ...
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... England , resided chiefly at Walthamstow , and resumed the study of the Law . In 1575 , he accompanied Queen Elizabeth in one of her progresses to Kenilworth , and recited before her a masque he had composed for her amusement . He died ...
... England , resided chiefly at Walthamstow , and resumed the study of the Law . In 1575 , he accompanied Queen Elizabeth in one of her progresses to Kenilworth , and recited before her a masque he had composed for her amusement . He died ...
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Page 221 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 106 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Page 138 - Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, still perfumed : Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
Page 267 - He makes the figs our mouths to meet And throws the melons at our feet; But apples, plants of such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice.
Page 271 - Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood, And you should, if you please, refuse Till the conversion of the Jews.
Page 227 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But O, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower ? Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left...
Page 223 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade...
Page 267 - Ambergris on shore. He cast (of which we rather boast) The Gospel's Pearl upon our Coast. And in these Rocks for us did frame A Temple, where to sound his Name. Oh let our Voice his Praise exalt, Till it arrive at Heaven's Vault : Which thence (perhaps) rebounding may Echo beyond the Mexique Bay.
Page 200 - Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness? It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
Page 226 - Over thy decent shoulders drawn. Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step and musing gait And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes; There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad, leaden, downward cast Thou fix them on the earth as fast.