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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... earth alone , That are as wolves these sely lambes among . I cannot with my wordes complayne and mone , And suffer nought ; nor smart without complaint ; Nor turne the word that from my mouth is gone , I cannot speake and loke like as a ...
... earth alone , That are as wolves these sely lambes among . I cannot with my wordes complayne and mone , And suffer nought ; nor smart without complaint ; Nor turne the word that from my mouth is gone , I cannot speake and loke like as a ...
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... earth , now Boreas blasts down blew ; And small fowls flocking , in their song did rue The Winter's wrath , wherewith each thing defaced In woeful wise bewail'd the Summer past . Hawthorn had lost his motley livery , ` The naked twigs ...
... earth , now Boreas blasts down blew ; And small fowls flocking , in their song did rue The Winter's wrath , wherewith each thing defaced In woeful wise bewail'd the Summer past . Hawthorn had lost his motley livery , ` The naked twigs ...
Page 122
... earth we find . That musing on this worldly wealth in thought , Which comes and goes more faster than we see The fleckering flame that with the fire is wrought , My busy mind presented unto me Such fall of Peers as in this realm had be ...
... earth we find . That musing on this worldly wealth in thought , Which comes and goes more faster than we see The fleckering flame that with the fire is wrought , My busy mind presented unto me Such fall of Peers as in this realm had be ...
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... earth and sun , With mild and seemly breathing straight display My bitter sighs , that have my heart undone ! ( a ) The finest specimen of Raleigh's verse that remains , if it be his , is given in the Specimens of Sacred and Serious ...
... earth and sun , With mild and seemly breathing straight display My bitter sighs , that have my heart undone ! ( a ) The finest specimen of Raleigh's verse that remains , if it be his , is given in the Specimens of Sacred and Serious ...
Page 162
... earth for happiness , And here long seeks what here is never found ! For all our good we hold from Heav'n by lease , With many forfeits and conditions bound ; Nor can we pay the fine , and rentage due : Though now but writ , and seal'd ...
... earth for happiness , And here long seeks what here is never found ! For all our good we hold from Heav'n by lease , With many forfeits and conditions bound ; Nor can we pay the fine , and rentage due : Though now but writ , and seal'd ...
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