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Page 22
And fieldis strewed are with flowers , Well savouring of seir colours , And all
things waxeth blythe and gay . The following description of Wallace ' s bivouac ,
though not in the boldest style of the Blind Bard , may challenge comparison with
any ...
And fieldis strewed are with flowers , Well savouring of seir colours , And all
things waxeth blythe and gay . The following description of Wallace ' s bivouac ,
though not in the boldest style of the Blind Bard , may challenge comparison with
any ...
Page 28
... in the Morning - Walk , in the COMPLAINT OF THE BLACK KNIGHT , and in the
more luxuriant description of the Young Beauty in the FLOWER AND LEAF ,
sitting in her secluded arbour in the springy freshness of the early summer
morning .
... in the Morning - Walk , in the COMPLAINT OF THE BLACK KNIGHT , and in the
more luxuriant description of the Young Beauty in the FLOWER AND LEAF ,
sitting in her secluded arbour in the springy freshness of the early summer
morning .
Page 33
Pope has given us a spirited version of January and May . Dryden has also
preserved to modern readers Chaucer ' s beautiful Allegory of the “ Flower and
the Leaf ; ” and Pope a less interesting though ingenious one in the “ House of
Fame .
Pope has given us a spirited version of January and May . Dryden has also
preserved to modern readers Chaucer ' s beautiful Allegory of the “ Flower and
the Leaf ; ” and Pope a less interesting though ingenious one in the “ House of
Fame .
Page 67
XXIV . " Or are ye god Cupidis own princèss ; “ And comen are to loose me out of
band ? “ Or are ye very Nature the goddess , “ That have depainted with your
heavenly hand “ This garden full of flowers as they stand ? " What shall I think ,
alas ...
XXIV . " Or are ye god Cupidis own princèss ; “ And comen are to loose me out of
band ? “ Or are ye very Nature the goddess , “ That have depainted with your
heavenly hand “ This garden full of flowers as they stand ? " What shall I think ,
alas ...
Page 70
After some farther so . lemnities and hymns to Nature and May , Dame Nature
herself comes on the scene , and summons the birds , the beasts , and the
flowers , to do her homage on this bright May morn . The lion leads on the beasts
, the ...
After some farther so . lemnities and hymns to Nature and May , Dame Nature
herself comes on the scene , and summons the birds , the beasts , and the
flowers , to do her homage on this bright May morn . The lion leads on the beasts
, the ...
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| Title | 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, |
| Author | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Editor | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Contributor | Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
| Publisher | Oliver & Boyd, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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