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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... heart of stèle could do to him damage , Or suffer him dye , beholding the manere And looke benigne of his twein eyen clere . * * * * Lydgate's poem , called The Life of our Lady , opens thus elegantly : - O thoughtfull hertè , plonged ...
... heart of stèle could do to him damage , Or suffer him dye , beholding the manere And looke benigne of his twein eyen clere . * * * * Lydgate's poem , called The Life of our Lady , opens thus elegantly : - O thoughtfull hertè , plonged ...
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... heart . ( a ) A little time . ( d ) Pecked . sport ? ( b ) Stopped . ( c ) Hopped . ( e ) Mates . ( f ) This seems to mean complain ; but should it not rather be playen , to play or ( g ) Started back . XXII . And though I stood abased ...
... heart . ( a ) A little time . ( d ) Pecked . sport ? ( b ) Stopped . ( c ) Hopped . ( e ) Mates . ( f ) This seems to mean complain ; but should it not rather be playen , to play or ( g ) Started back . XXII . And though I stood abased ...
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... heart became her thrall For ever ; of free will ; for of menace Ther was no token in her sweete face , XXIII . And in my head I drew right hastily ; And [ then ] eft - soons I lean'd it out again : And saw her walk that very womanly ...
... heart became her thrall For ever ; of free will ; for of menace Ther was no token in her sweete face , XXIII . And in my head I drew right hastily ; And [ then ] eft - soons I lean'd it out again : And saw her walk that very womanly ...
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... heart for any aventure ; For oft with wysure ( a ) it has been said aforrow , ( b ) Without gladness availis no trèsure . II . " Make thee good cheer of it that God thee sends , For worldis wrak , ( c ) but welfare , nought avails ; No ...
... heart for any aventure ; For oft with wysure ( a ) it has been said aforrow , ( b ) Without gladness availis no trèsure . II . " Make thee good cheer of it that God thee sends , For worldis wrak , ( c ) but welfare , nought avails ; No ...
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... heart , unrestrained by the coldness of Italian conceits , and the false taste of his models . He dealt in real existences , and into the inventions of the poet carried the spirit of the man and the soldier . Many evidences of his ...
... heart , unrestrained by the coldness of Italian conceits , and the false taste of his models . He dealt in real existences , and into the inventions of the poet carried the spirit of the man and the soldier . Many evidences of his ...
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