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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... hath he none ; Cannot complaine alas ! for none outrage : Nor grutcheth not , but lies here all alone Still as a lambe , most meke of his visage . What heart of stèle could do to him damage , Or suffer him dye , beholding the manere And ...
... hath he none ; Cannot complaine alas ! for none outrage : Nor grutcheth not , but lies here all alone Still as a lambe , most meke of his visage . What heart of stèle could do to him damage , Or suffer him dye , beholding the manere And ...
Page 89
... And for my goods they will me knowe : More and less to me will draw ; Both the better and the worse : But in this matter I say in sawe Ever gra - mercy mine own purse . It befell me upon a time , As it hath ENGLISH POETRY . 89.
... And for my goods they will me knowe : More and less to me will draw ; Both the better and the worse : But in this matter I say in sawe Ever gra - mercy mine own purse . It befell me upon a time , As it hath ENGLISH POETRY . 89.
Page 90
... hath done by many a one mo , My horse , my neat , my sheep , my swine , And all my goods , were gone me fro : I went to my friends and told them so ; And home again they bade me truss : I said again , when I was wo , Ever gra - mercy ...
... hath done by many a one mo , My horse , my neat , my sheep , my swine , And all my goods , were gone me fro : I went to my friends and told them so ; And home again they bade me truss : I said again , when I was wo , Ever gra - mercy ...
Page 110
... hath told her tale . Summer is come ; for every spray now springs . The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings , The fishes flete , with new repaired scale ; The adder all her slough away ...
... hath told her tale . Summer is come ; for every spray now springs . The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings , The fishes flete , with new repaired scale ; The adder all her slough away ...
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... hath been , and is The mind that never meant amiss , Forget not yet ! Forget not then thine own approv'd , The which so long hath thee so lov'd , Whose steadfast faith yet never mov'd , Forget not this ! OF HIS RETURNE FROM SPAINE ...
... hath been , and is The mind that never meant amiss , Forget not yet ! Forget not then thine own approv'd , The which so long hath thee so lov'd , Whose steadfast faith yet never mov'd , Forget not this ! OF HIS RETURNE FROM SPAINE ...
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