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 63
... doth appere : For this is Spica , with her brightè spere , ( a ) That toward evyn , at midnyght , and at morowe , Downe from hevyn adawith ( b ) al our sorowe.- And dryeth up the bytter terys wete Of Aurora , after the morowe graye ...
... doth appere : For this is Spica , with her brightè spere , ( a ) That toward evyn , at midnyght , and at morowe , Downe from hevyn adawith ( b ) al our sorowe.- And dryeth up the bytter terys wete Of Aurora , after the morowe graye ...
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... doth me sike , " Why list God make you so , my dearest heart , " To do a silly prisoner thus smart , " That loves you all , and wots of nought but wo : " And , therefore , mercy sweet ! sen it is so . " ( a ) A little . XXVII . Of her ...
... doth me sike , " Why list God make you so , my dearest heart , " To do a silly prisoner thus smart , " That loves you all , and wots of nought but wo : " And , therefore , mercy sweet ! sen it is so . " ( a ) A little . XXVII . Of her ...
Page 79
... doth again thy royal rocke rebound ! But Lyndsay's predominant qualities of mind were good sense , humour , and knowledge of the bad side of humanity . His satires and invective , with all their defilements , are more agreeable than his ...
... doth again thy royal rocke rebound ! But Lyndsay's predominant qualities of mind were good sense , humour , and knowledge of the bad side of humanity . His satires and invective , with all their defilements , are more agreeable than his ...
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... doth me lede . All this make ye : Now let us fle ; The day cometh fast upon ; For , in my mynde , of all mankynde I love but you alone . * * * The great and final trial follows , when the man says he has a mistress in the wood whom he ...
... doth me lede . All this make ye : Now let us fle ; The day cometh fast upon ; For , in my mynde , of all mankynde I love but you alone . * * * The great and final trial follows , when the man says he has a mistress in the wood whom he ...
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... doth face Wild Camber's cliffs , did give her lively heat . Foster'd she was with milk of Irish breast ; Her sire an earl ; her dame of princes ' blood : From tender years , in Britain she doth rest , With king's child , where she ...
... doth face Wild Camber's cliffs , did give her lively heat . Foster'd she was with milk of Irish breast ; Her sire an earl ; her dame of princes ' blood : From tender years , in Britain she doth rest , With king's child , where she ...
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