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 108
... a taste full sower ! The large green courts , where we were wont to hove , With eyes cast up into the maiden's tower , And easy sighs , such as folk draw in love . The stately seats , the ladies bright of hue , 108 SURREY .
... a taste full sower ! The large green courts , where we were wont to hove , With eyes cast up into the maiden's tower , And easy sighs , such as folk draw in love . The stately seats , the ladies bright of hue , 108 SURREY .
Page 109
... green , With reins avaled , ( a ) and swift ybreathed horse , With cry of hounds , and merry blasts between , Where we did chase the fearful hart of force . ( b ) The wide vales , eke , that harbour'd us each night , Wherewith , alas ...
... green , With reins avaled , ( a ) and swift ybreathed horse , With cry of hounds , and merry blasts between , Where we did chase the fearful hart of force . ( b ) The wide vales , eke , that harbour'd us each night , Wherewith , alas ...
Page 110
... green hath clad the hill , and eke the vale ; The nightingale , with feathers new , she sings , The turtle to her mate hath told her tale . Summer is come ; for every spray now springs . The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The ...
... green hath clad the hill , and eke the vale ; The nightingale , with feathers new , she sings , The turtle to her mate hath told her tale . Summer is come ; for every spray now springs . The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The ...
Page 121
... green ; The mantles rent wherein en wrapped been The gladsome groves that now lay overthrown , The tapets torn , and every tree down blown . The soil that erst so seemly was to seen , Was all despoiled of her beauty's hue ; And soote ...
... green ; The mantles rent wherein en wrapped been The gladsome groves that now lay overthrown , The tapets torn , and every tree down blown . The soil that erst so seemly was to seen , Was all despoiled of her beauty's hue ; And soote ...
Page 161
... green silk fillets yet not all unbound , Began their little rising heads disclose , And fairly spread their silver circlets round : From those two bulwarks love doth safely fight ; Which swelling easily , may seem to sight To be ...
... green silk fillets yet not all unbound , Began their little rising heads disclose , And fairly spread their silver circlets round : From those two bulwarks love doth safely fight ; Which swelling easily , may seem to sight To be ...
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