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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Page iii
... Sweet love thou kuow'st that we two , Ovid like , Have often chid the morn when't ' gan to peep , And often wish'd that dark night's purblind steeds Would pull her by the purple mantle back , And cast her in the ocean to her love : But ...
... Sweet love thou kuow'st that we two , Ovid like , Have often chid the morn when't ' gan to peep , And often wish'd that dark night's purblind steeds Would pull her by the purple mantle back , And cast her in the ocean to her love : But ...
Page iv
... 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 on the time As loath to give due audit to the hour ; IV INTRODUCTION .
... 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 on the time As loath to give due audit to the hour ; IV INTRODUCTION .
Page v
... sweet repose ; But in the pleasure of this golden rest , And ill - thew'd for'ster had remov'd the toil , And rounded me with that beguiling twine Which late methought was pitch'd to cast the deer ; With that he blew an evil - sounding ...
... sweet repose ; But in the pleasure of this golden rest , And ill - thew'd for'ster had remov'd the toil , And rounded me with that beguiling twine Which late methought was pitch'd to cast the deer ; With that he blew an evil - sounding ...
Page xix
... my 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.
... my 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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... sweet repast ; The life in banquets , and sundry kind of play , Amid the press of lordly looks to waste ; Hath with it joined oft times such bitter taste , That whoso joys such kind of life to hold In prison joys , fettered with chains ...
... sweet repast ; The life in banquets , and sundry kind of play , Amid the press of lordly looks to waste ; Hath with it joined oft times such bitter taste , That whoso joys such kind of life to hold In prison joys , fettered with chains ...
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