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, by J. J. |
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... ........... ABRAHAM COWLEY . 219 221 ib . ... 222 223 224 The Chronicle , a Ballad ................ ib . Honour ..... Of Solitude ........ ... 227 Page JOHN MILTON ...... Song on May Morning ...... 229 228 CONTENTS . ix.
... ........... ABRAHAM COWLEY . 219 221 ib . ... 222 223 224 The Chronicle , a Ballad ................ ib . Honour ..... Of Solitude ........ ... 227 Page JOHN MILTON ...... Song on May Morning ...... 229 228 CONTENTS . ix.
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... Morning ...... 229 Morning . .............................................................................. 230 Extracts from Comus ib . Extract from Lycidas ...
... Morning ...... 229 Morning . .............................................................................. 230 Extracts from Comus ib . Extract from Lycidas ...
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... ............................... ib . LEIGH HUNT .... 530 Morning ( opening of the Story of Rimini ) ... ib . JAMES HOGG ....... 531 From Mador of the Moor ib . Page 532 SAMUEL ROGERS ....... Evening Scene ( from the xiv CONTENTS .
... ............................... ib . LEIGH HUNT .... 530 Morning ( opening of the Story of Rimini ) ... ib . JAMES HOGG ....... 531 From Mador of the Moor ib . Page 532 SAMUEL ROGERS ....... Evening Scene ( from the xiv CONTENTS .
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... morning - star after a long night of obscu- rity ; and on his death the splendour of this illus- trious dawn suffered an eclipse of nearly two cen- turies , when the Reformation ushered in the most poetical period of the English annals ...
... morning - star after a long night of obscu- rity ; and on his death the splendour of this illus- trious dawn suffered an eclipse of nearly two cen- turies , when the Reformation ushered in the most poetical period of the English annals ...
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... morning , -when he gave the signal , he broke the shield into small splinters . The men hastened to Cattraeth noble in birth : their drink was of wine and mead out of golden cups . There were three hundred and sixty - three adorned with ...
... morning , -when he gave the signal , he broke the shield into small splinters . The men hastened to Cattraeth noble in birth : their drink was of wine and mead out of golden cups . There were three hundred and sixty - three adorned with ...
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