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Page 56
Small keep * took he whom fortune frowned Or whom she lifted up into the throne
Of high renown , but as a living death , So dead alive , of life he drew the breath ,
The bodies ' rest , the quiet of the heart , The travels ' ease , the still night's feer ...
Small keep * took he whom fortune frowned Or whom she lifted up into the throne
Of high renown , but as a living death , So dead alive , of life he drew the breath ,
The bodies ' rest , the quiet of the heart , The travels ' ease , the still night's feer ...
Page 63
With quiet heart , now from their travels rest , Soundly they sleep , in midst of all
their rest . These are very fine stanzas , but they want originality . The original
must be sought in the Ćneid of Virgil . « Nox erat , et placidum carpebant fessa ...
With quiet heart , now from their travels rest , Soundly they sleep , in midst of all
their rest . These are very fine stanzas , but they want originality . The original
must be sought in the Ćneid of Virgil . « Nox erat , et placidum carpebant fessa ...
Page 302
... The rest among , yet far above the rest , Sweet Melite . Thirsil . Thomalin , too
well that bitter sweet I know , Since fair Nicća bred my pleasing smart : But better
times did better reason show , And cur'd those burning wounds with heav'nly art ...
... The rest among , yet far above the rest , Sweet Melite . Thirsil . Thomalin , too
well that bitter sweet I know , Since fair Nicća bred my pleasing smart : But better
times did better reason show , And cur'd those burning wounds with heav'nly art ...
Page 321
Sad sleep , who fain his eyes in rest would steep ; Why then at death do weary
mortals weep ? Sleep's but a shorter death , death's but a longer sleep . And now
th ' world and dreanis themselves were drown'd In deadly sleep ; the labourer ...
Sad sleep , who fain his eyes in rest would steep ; Why then at death do weary
mortals weep ? Sleep's but a shorter death , death's but a longer sleep . And now
th ' world and dreanis themselves were drown'd In deadly sleep ; the labourer ...
Page 75
When I the dawn us'd to admire , And prais'd the coming day ; I little thought the
growing fire Must take my rest away . Your charms in harmless childhood lay ,
Like metals in the mine , Age from no face took more away , Than youth
concealed ...
When I the dawn us'd to admire , And prais'd the coming day ; I little thought the
growing fire Must take my rest away . Your charms in harmless childhood lay ,
Like metals in the mine , Age from no face took more away , Than youth
concealed ...
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| Title | 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. |
| Author | Rowland FREEMAN |
| Publisher | G. Wood, 1821 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
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