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Page 70
The Thistle and the Rose was written to cele . brate the union of James IV . with
Margaret of Tudor , daughter of Henry VII . It opens with a fine description of the
return of spring . The young May , who is personified with many touches of beauty
...
The Thistle and the Rose was written to cele . brate the union of James IV . with
Margaret of Tudor , daughter of Henry VII . It opens with a fine description of the
return of spring . The young May , who is personified with many touches of beauty
...
Page 71
The Rose , or the Queen , is then delicately recommended to the tenderness and
protection of the THISTLE , addressed in some ornate verses , and exalted above
the Lily , — a courtly compliment to the House of Tudor at the expense of that of ...
The Rose , or the Queen , is then delicately recommended to the tenderness and
protection of the THISTLE , addressed in some ornate verses , and exalted above
the Lily , — a courtly compliment to the House of Tudor at the expense of that of ...
Page 84
Thus genius rose , and set at ordered times , And shot a day - spring into distant
climes ; Ennobling every region that he chose , He sunk in Greece , in Italy arose
; And tedious years of Gothic darkness past , Emerged all splendour in our isle at
...
Thus genius rose , and set at ordered times , And shot a day - spring into distant
climes ; Ennobling every region that he chose , He sunk in Greece , in Italy arose
; And tedious years of Gothic darkness past , Emerged all splendour in our isle at
...
Page 88
In the subsequent reigns many spirit - stirring scenes were witnessed by
Englishmen at home and abroad , but no poet rose to record them ; and the few
worthless names which remain in poetical history at this time rather serve to
cumber the ...
In the subsequent reigns many spirit - stirring scenes were witnessed by
Englishmen at home and abroad , but no poet rose to record them ; and the few
worthless names which remain in poetical history at this time rather serve to
cumber the ...
Page 101
... may with propriety commence , and proceed thence in chronological order .
From this date the continuous stream of English poetry flows down free and
uninterrupted . It rose at once a lake - fed mighty river . Disdaining the
augmentation ...
... may with propriety commence , and proceed thence in chronological order .
From this date the continuous stream of English poetry flows down free and
uninterrupted . It rose at once a lake - fed mighty river . Disdaining the
augmentation ...
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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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