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.1821 |
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... hath hid the pleasure of the day , And sheeting darkness overhangs the earth , And with the black folds of her cloudy robe Obscures us from the eyesight of the world , In which sweet silence such as we triumph : The lazy minutes linger ...
... hath hid the pleasure of the day , And sheeting darkness overhangs the earth , And with the black folds of her cloudy robe Obscures us from the eyesight of the world , In which sweet silence such as we triumph : The lazy minutes linger ...
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... hath only been in words , But now we come unto the dismal act , And in these sable curtains shut we up , The comic entrance to our direful play . The deadly banquet is prepared at hand , Where ebon tapers are brought up from hell , To ...
... hath only been in words , But now we come unto the dismal act , And in these sable curtains shut we up , The comic entrance to our direful play . The deadly banquet is prepared at hand , Where ebon tapers are brought up from hell , To ...
Page xv
... hath been still miraculous : Mayor . I have heard it told , that digging up a grave , Wherein a man had twenty years been buried , By finding of a nail knock'd in the scalp , And due enquiry who was buried there , The murther yet at ...
... hath been still miraculous : Mayor . I have heard it told , that digging up a grave , Wherein a man had twenty years been buried , By finding of a nail knock'd in the scalp , And due enquiry who was buried there , The murther yet at ...
Page xvi
... hath not reveng'd another's death , According to the observation of such course : The reason is , that now of truth I sing , And should I add , or else diminish ought , Many of these spectators then could say , I have committed error in ...
... hath not reveng'd another's death , According to the observation of such course : The reason is , that now of truth I sing , And should I add , or else diminish ought , Many of these spectators then could say , I have committed error in ...
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... hath failed , to - morrow you shall see , Performed by History or Comedy . It remains now to say a few words respecting the following pages . They were undertaken , by the present writer , in conjunction with an old and much valued ...
... hath failed , to - morrow you shall see , Performed by History or Comedy . It remains now to say a few words respecting the following pages . They were undertaken , by the present writer , in conjunction with an old and much valued ...
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Albertus Morton appear beauty born breast bright Canterbury character charms court dear death delight divine dost doth dread Duncombe Earl earth Eclogues ev'ry eyes fair fame fear flame flowers gentle Gentleman's Magazine Giles Fletcher give grace grief groves hand happy hast hath Hawkesworth heart heaven honour John Duncombe John Lilly Kent Kentish King lady learned light live Lord lyre majesty mind muse never Nicholas Amhurst night nymphs o'er pain passion peace Phineas Fletcher plain poem poet poetic poetry pow'r praise pride Queen reign sacred shade shepherds shew shine sighs sight sing Sir Henry Wotton Sir Philip Sidney Sir Thomas Wyatt smile soft song Sonnet soon soul stanza swain sweet tears thee thine thing Thirsil thou thought translation unto verse virtue whilst winds wings writer youth