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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... nature in hir ( b ) corages ; ( c ) Than longen folk to gon on pilgrimages , And palmeres for to seken strangè strondes , To serve ( d ) halwes ( e ) couthe ( f ) in sondry londes ; And specially , from every shirès ende Of Englelond ...
... nature in hir ( b ) corages ; ( c ) Than longen folk to gon on pilgrimages , And palmeres for to seken strangè strondes , To serve ( d ) halwes ( e ) couthe ( f ) in sondry londes ; And specially , from every shirès ende Of Englelond ...
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... Nature laide on me this charge ; He , guiltless , mustè with me suffer paine , And , sith thou art at freedom and at large , Let kindnesse ourè love not so discharge , But have a minde , wherever that thou be , Once on a day upon my ...
... Nature laide on me this charge ; He , guiltless , mustè with me suffer paine , And , sith thou art at freedom and at large , Let kindnesse ourè love not so discharge , But have a minde , wherever that thou be , Once on a day upon my ...
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... natural ally of the Scottish monarchy . Romance never ended better than this tale of real life . The King sees the Lady Jane from his prison window at Windsor , walking in a garden with her ladies at a very early hour : - 3 X. The longe ...
... natural ally of the Scottish monarchy . Romance never ended better than this tale of real life . The King sees the Lady Jane from his prison window at Windsor , walking in a garden with her ladies at a very early hour : - 3 X. The longe ...
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... nature ? XXIV . " Or are ye god Cupidis own princess ; " 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 ...
... nature ? XXIV . " Or are ye god Cupidis own princess ; " 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 ...
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... nature might no more her child avance . The comic poetry ascribed to King James I. has been ever more popular in Scotland than his ro- mantic and sentimental effusions . Christ's Kirk on the Green is as just , if not so comprehensive ...
... nature might no more her child avance . The comic poetry ascribed to King James I. has been ever more popular in Scotland than his ro- mantic and sentimental effusions . Christ's Kirk on the Green is as just , if not so comprehensive ...
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