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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... painful gentleman , And shall no doubt deserve well of the state . James . No doubt you shall , and I durst assure you so , . The council will accept well of the same . Barnes . Good master Mayor , this wretched man of mine Is not yet ...
... painful gentleman , And shall no doubt deserve well of the state . James . No doubt you shall , and I durst assure you so , . The council will accept well of the same . Barnes . Good master Mayor , this wretched man of mine Is not yet ...
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... love of verse may fully seem : All though it be , this recompence I share , -- My mind it lures from many a painful theme , And sweet oblivion brings of present care . SIR THOMAS WYATT . BORN 1503. - Died 1542 . INTRODUCTION . XIX.
... love of verse may fully seem : All though it be , this recompence I share , -- My mind it lures from many a painful theme , And sweet oblivion brings of present care . SIR THOMAS WYATT . BORN 1503. - Died 1542 . INTRODUCTION . XIX.
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... pains to convince us that it was of that rare kind called platonic love , " an innocent but a dangerous friendship . " It was the practice of the poets of that age , a practice borrowed from the example of their master Petrarch , to ...
... pains to convince us that it was of that rare kind called platonic love , " an innocent but a dangerous friendship . " It was the practice of the poets of that age , a practice borrowed from the example of their master Petrarch , to ...
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... painful to add , for it reflects discredit upon human nature , that Henry , after his return from hunting that very evening , married Lady Jane Seymour . ” The only redeeming instance in this horrid tragedy , is the con- duct of the ...
... painful to add , for it reflects discredit upon human nature , that Henry , after his return from hunting that very evening , married Lady Jane Seymour . ” The only redeeming instance in this horrid tragedy , is the con- duct of the ...
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... pain ! Trow not alone under the sun , Unquit to cause thy lovers's plain , Although my lute and I have done May chance thee lie withered and old ; The winter nights that are so cold , Plaining in vain unto the moon : Thy wishes then ...
... pain ! Trow not alone under the sun , Unquit to cause thy lovers's plain , Although my lute and I have done May chance thee lie withered and old ; The winter nights that are so cold , Plaining in vain unto the moon : Thy wishes then ...
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