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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... thee , late , a rosie wreath , Not so much honoring thee , As giving it a hope , that there It could not withered be . But thou thereon did'st only breathe , And sent'st it back to me : Since when , it growes , and smells , I sweare ...
... thee , late , a rosie wreath , Not so much honoring thee , As giving it a hope , that there It could not withered be . But thou thereon did'st only breathe , And sent'st it back to me : Since when , it growes , and smells , I sweare ...
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... thee from my thought , My part is ended on thy stage . Doe not once hope , that thou canst tempt A spirit so resolv'd to tread Upon thy throat , and live exempt From all the nets that thou canst spread . I know thy formes are studied ...
... thee from my thought , My part is ended on thy stage . Doe not once hope , that thou canst tempt A spirit so resolv'd to tread Upon thy throat , and live exempt From all the nets that thou canst spread . I know thy formes are studied ...
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... thee to that sweet sleep Which thou owed'st yesterday . " And he enters at this moment , like the crested serpent , crown- ed with his wrongs , stung to madness , and raging for revenge ! The whole depends upon the turn of a thought . A ...
... thee to that sweet sleep Which thou owed'st yesterday . " And he enters at this moment , like the crested serpent , crown- ed with his wrongs , stung to madness , and raging for revenge ! The whole depends upon the turn of a thought . A ...
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... thee , Lest my bewailed guilt should do thee shame ; Nor thou with public kindness honour me , Unless thou take that honour from thy name : But do not so ; I love thee in such sort , As thou being mine , mine is thy good report . No ...
... thee , Lest my bewailed guilt should do thee shame ; Nor thou with public kindness honour me , Unless thou take that honour from thy name : But do not so ; I love thee in such sort , As thou being mine , mine is thy good report . No ...
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... thee . ( a ) SONG . SIGH no more , ladies , sigh no more ; Men were deceivers ever ; One foot in sea , and one on shore , To one thing constant never : ( a ) This song is sometimes attributed to Beaumont and Fletcher . Then sigh not so ...
... thee . ( a ) SONG . SIGH no more , ladies , sigh no more ; Men were deceivers ever ; One foot in sea , and one on shore , To one thing constant never : ( a ) This song is sometimes attributed to Beaumont and Fletcher . Then sigh not so ...
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