The Book of Gems: Chaucer to PriorSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1836 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 99
Page viii
... things to the desires of the soul . " This power their works bestow in turn upon us all . May the present volume assist in extending the blessings of so divine an influence ! Among these specimens of the Poets there may be several with ...
... things to the desires of the soul . " This power their works bestow in turn upon us all . May the present volume assist in extending the blessings of so divine an influence ! Among these specimens of the Poets there may be several with ...
Page xi
... Pleasure there passed GASCOIGNE . 27 Description of Spring , wherein eche thing renewes , save only the Lover . From a Voyage into Hollande • 29 The Arraignment of a Lover . 49 50 RALEIGH . WOTTON . PAGE PAGE The Shepheard to the.
... Pleasure there passed GASCOIGNE . 27 Description of Spring , wherein eche thing renewes , save only the Lover . From a Voyage into Hollande • 29 The Arraignment of a Lover . 49 50 RALEIGH . WOTTON . PAGE PAGE The Shepheard to the.
Page 5
... thing ( I you ensure ) So well ydone ; for he that toke the cure It for to make , ( I trowe ) did all his peine To make it pass all tho that men have seine.— And shapin was this herbir , rofe and all , As is a pretty parlour ; and also ...
... thing ( I you ensure ) So well ydone ; for he that toke the cure It for to make , ( I trowe ) did all his peine To make it pass all tho that men have seine.— And shapin was this herbir , rofe and all , As is a pretty parlour ; and also ...
Page 6
... thing . Thereto , the herbir was so fresh and cold , The wholsome savours eke so comforting , That ( as I demid ) sith the beginning Of the worlde , was nevir seen , er than , So plesaunt a ground of none erthly man . And as I sat , the ...
... thing . Thereto , the herbir was so fresh and cold , The wholsome savours eke so comforting , That ( as I demid ) sith the beginning Of the worlde , was nevir seen , er than , So plesaunt a ground of none erthly man . And as I sat , the ...
Page 8
... thing ; Upon hir hede , full plesaunt to behold , A coron of gold rich for any king ; A braunch of agnus castus eke bering In hir hand ; and , to my sight , trewily , She lady was of all the company . For then the nightingale , that all ...
... thing ; Upon hir hede , full plesaunt to behold , A coron of gold rich for any king ; A braunch of agnus castus eke bering In hir hand ; and , to my sight , trewily , She lady was of all the company . For then the nightingale , that all ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Andrew Marvell bear beauty Ben Jonson born breath brest Castara conceits court Cowley dayes death delight desire dost doth Earl earth England eyes face faire fame fancy farforth feare flame flowers fortune genius gentle GILES FLETCHER give glory grace grene griefe hand happy hart hast hath heart heaven holy orders honour Hudibras Inner Temple king kisse labour lady light live look Lord love's lover mind mistress Muse nature never night noble nought Oxford passed passion PHINEAS FLETCHER pleasure poems Poet poetry Poly-olbion pow'r praise Queen rest rich scorne shee Shepheard sighs sight sing Sir John Suckling Sir Philip Sidney song soul sunne sweet teares Tell thee thine things thinke thou art thought unto verse vertue wanton Westminster Abbey Whilst winds Wood write yeeld youth