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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If I were as wise to give thee council , as I am willing to do thee good , or as able
to set thee at liberty , as I am desirous to have thee free , thou shouldest neither
want good advice to guide thee , nor sufficient help to restore . Thou takest it ...
If I were as wise to give thee council , as I am willing to do thee good , or as able
to set thee at liberty , as I am desirous to have thee free , thou shouldest neither
want good advice to guide thee , nor sufficient help to restore . Thou takest it ...
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So slender gift as this not half requites thee : May prosp'rous stars , and quiet
seas regard thee ; But most that pleasing star that most delights thee : May
Proteus still , and Glaucus dearest hold thee ; But most her influence all safe
enfold thee ...
So slender gift as this not half requites thee : May prosp'rous stars , and quiet
seas regard thee ; But most that pleasing star that most delights thee : May
Proteus still , and Glaucus dearest hold thee ; But most her influence all safe
enfold thee ...
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My dearest Betty , my more loved heart , I leave thee now - with thee all earthly
joying ; Heaven knows with thee alone I sadly part , All other earthly sweets have
had their cloying ; Yet never full of thy sweet love's enjoying : Thy constant loves ...
My dearest Betty , my more loved heart , I leave thee now - with thee all earthly
joying ; Heaven knows with thee alone I sadly part , All other earthly sweets have
had their cloying ; Yet never full of thy sweet love's enjoying : Thy constant loves ...
Page 406
I pray thee tell , when thou art by , When thou accosts him , does he turn from
thee Like one who hears not ! -or with troubled eye And stern , regard thee , as he
looks on me ? That once he sigh'd , the subject of thy will , I know , -- and then I ...
I pray thee tell , when thou art by , When thou accosts him , does he turn from
thee Like one who hears not ! -or with troubled eye And stern , regard thee , as he
looks on me ? That once he sigh'd , the subject of thy will , I know , -- and then I ...
Page 415
Now Christ thee save , thou bow'r woman , Now Christ thee save and see ! And
reid me , reid me my bow'r woman , Or I am a lost Ladie . “ Swift is the stream and
deep that flows The castle wa ' beside ;There sink me down the Earl's body ...
Now Christ thee save , thou bow'r woman , Now Christ thee save and see ! And
reid me , reid me my bow'r woman , Or I am a lost Ladie . “ Swift is the stream and
deep that flows The castle wa ' beside ;There sink me down the Earl's body ...
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