Kentish Poets. A series of writers in English poetry, natives or residents in the county of Kent; with specimens of their compositions and some account of their lives and writings. By R. F. |
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... QUEEN ELIZABETH .. .1533 1603 66 ALEXANDER NEVILLE ..... .1544 1614
75 SIR PAILIP SIDNEY .. .1554 1586 79 MARY SIDNEY COUNTESS OF
PEMBROKE . .1550 1621 139 Astrophel , a Poem by Edmund Spenser 152 John
LILLY .
... QUEEN ELIZABETH .. .1533 1603 66 ALEXANDER NEVILLE ..... .1544 1614
75 SIR PAILIP SIDNEY .. .1554 1586 79 MARY SIDNEY COUNTESS OF
PEMBROKE . .1550 1621 139 Astrophel , a Poem by Edmund Spenser 152 John
LILLY .
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SIR JOHN MENNES . BORN 1598 ..- DIED 1670 . « Sir John Suckling , Sir John
Mennes , and Prior , are all of one school . ” ( POPE , as reported by Spence . )
SANDWICH in Kent , one of the most distinguished of the five ancient maritime ...
SIR JOHN MENNES . BORN 1598 ..- DIED 1670 . « Sir John Suckling , Sir John
Mennes , and Prior , are all of one school . ” ( POPE , as reported by Spence . )
SANDWICH in Kent , one of the most distinguished of the five ancient maritime ...
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Upon Sir John Suckling's most warlike preparations for the Scottish War . Sir
John got him an ambling nag , To Scotland for to ride a , With a hundred horse
more , all his own he swore , To guard him on every side a . No errant knight went
ever ...
Upon Sir John Suckling's most warlike preparations for the Scottish War . Sir
John got him an ambling nag , To Scotland for to ride a , With a hundred horse
more , all his own he swore , To guard him on every side a . No errant knight went
ever ...
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The colonel sent for him back again , To quarter him in the van a ; But Sir John
did swear , he came not there To be killed the very first man a . To cure his fear ,
he was sent to the rear , Some ten miles back and more a , Where he did play at ...
The colonel sent for him back again , To quarter him in the van a ; But Sir John
did swear , he came not there To be killed the very first man a . To cure his fear ,
he was sent to the rear , Some ten miles back and more a , Where he did play at ...
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JOHN BOYS , LIVING IN 1612 AND IN 1672 . Virgil's divine .-- let him alone for
me ! He's hard to imitate in any sort , He shoots well that comes nigh . — though
always short . I am confirmed , as Selden says of Ben , Virgil is to be known , I
know ...
JOHN BOYS , LIVING IN 1612 AND IN 1672 . Virgil's divine .-- let him alone for
me ! He's hard to imitate in any sort , He shoots well that comes nigh . — though
always short . I am confirmed , as Selden says of Ben , Virgil is to be known , I
know ...
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