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 84
... flower of beauty surpassing its kind , dally with the wind , and mock the storm , and , with the slightest root in earth , draw nourishment from the air , the dews , and the sunshine . Genius is an essence far too subtle to be subjected ...
... flower of beauty surpassing its kind , dally with the wind , and mock the storm , and , with the slightest root in earth , draw nourishment from the air , the dews , and the sunshine . Genius is an essence far too subtle to be subjected ...
Page 91
... flower in the winter - solstice of our poetry , " a few verses of the Nut - Brown Maid are submitted to the in- dulgence of the modern reader . A high - born lover , who , in the disguise of a squire of low degree , has gained the ...
... flower in the winter - solstice of our poetry , " a few verses of the Nut - Brown Maid are submitted to the in- dulgence of the modern reader . A high - born lover , who , in the disguise of a squire of low degree , has gained the ...
Page 108
... flower of his age , have thrown an interest around the verse of Surrey which belongs rather to the man than the poet . That criticism would be cold - hearted indeed which would seek to di- minish this interest . A PRISONER IN WINDSOR ...
... flower of his age , have thrown an interest around the verse of Surrey which belongs rather to the man than the poet . That criticism would be cold - hearted indeed which would seek to di- minish this interest . A PRISONER IN WINDSOR ...
Page 121
... flowers , The lively green , the lusty leas forlorn ; The sturdy trees so shatter'd with the showers , ( a ) Sweet . F The fields so fade that flourished so beforne ; It SACKVILLE . 121 Induction to the Complaint of Henry Duke Buckingham.
... flowers , The lively green , the lusty leas forlorn ; The sturdy trees so shatter'd with the showers , ( a ) Sweet . F The fields so fade that flourished so beforne ; It SACKVILLE . 121 Induction to the Complaint of Henry Duke Buckingham.
Page 140
... flowers , And all the meades adornd with dainty gemmes , Fit to decke maydens bowres , And crowne their paramours Against the brydale - day , which is not long : Sweet Themmes ! runne softly , till I end my song . There , in a meadow ...
... flowers , And all the meades adornd with dainty gemmes , Fit to decke maydens bowres , And crowne their paramours Against the brydale - day , which is not long : Sweet Themmes ! runne softly , till I end my song . There , in a meadow ...
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