The Book of Elizabethan VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite |
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... far the school of poetry here represented ought justly to bear that great queen's name . That she had some knowledge of Latin and Greek we know , and that she spoke several modern languages " with some degree of fluency . It has ,
... far the school of poetry here represented ought justly to bear that great queen's name . That she had some knowledge of Latin and Greek we know , and that she spoke several modern languages " with some degree of fluency . It has ,
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... bears the bell For clearness , for clearness , Beyond the nymphs that be so bright . Phyl . Had my Corydon , my Corydon , Been , alack ! her swain Cor . Had my lovely one , my lovely one , Been in Ida plain - Phyl . Cynthia Endymion had ...
... bears the bell For clearness , for clearness , Beyond the nymphs that be so bright . Phyl . Had my Corydon , my Corydon , Been , alack ! her swain Cor . Had my lovely one , my lovely one , Been in Ida plain - Phyl . Cynthia Endymion had ...
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... ! Therefore my harvest in the grass bears grain ; The rock will wear , washed with a winter's rain . R. Greene 19 . To Aurora IF thou knew'st how thou thyself 15 ELIZABETHAN VERSE 18. Fair Is My Love for April's in Her Face ...
... ! Therefore my harvest in the grass bears grain ; The rock will wear , washed with a winter's rain . R. Greene 19 . To Aurora IF thou knew'st how thou thyself 15 ELIZABETHAN VERSE 18. Fair Is My Love for April's in Her Face ...
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... bear the burthen of thy griefs alone ; No , I would have my share in what were thine . And whilst we thus should make our sorrows one , This happy harmony would make them none . 20 . O W. Alexander , Earl of Sterling Aurora HAPPY Tithon ...
... bear the burthen of thy griefs alone ; No , I would have my share in what were thine . And whilst we thus should make our sorrows one , This happy harmony would make them none . 20 . O W. Alexander , Earl of Sterling Aurora HAPPY Tithon ...
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... bear away The richer cowslips home . You've heard them sweetly sing , And seen them in a round : Each virgin like a spring , With honeysuckles crowned . But now we see none here Whose silvery feet did tread And with dishevelled hair ...
... bear away The richer cowslips home . You've heard them sweetly sing , And seen them in a round : Each virgin like a spring , With honeysuckles crowned . But now we see none here Whose silvery feet did tread And with dishevelled hair ...
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Anon Astrophel and Stella beauty bel ami Ben Jonson birds bliss breast breath bright Bullen Campion Corydon Cuckoo dear death delight desire dost doth Dowden earth Elizabethan England's Helicon eyes Faery Queene fair fairy-queen faith fear fire Fletcher flowers glory golden grace green grief hair happy hath heart heaven heavenly Herrick honour Jonson King kiss Lady leave light Line Line 11 lips live livës joy look Lord Love's lovers lullaby Madrigals maids merry mind Muse N'oserez never night nymphs passions pity pleasure poem poets praise pretty Queen Queen Mab roses says Shakespeare shalt shepherd shine sighs sing sleep smile song sonnet sorrow soul Spenser spring stanzas star swain sweet tears tell Tereus thee thine things thou art thought true love unto verse W. W. Greg wanton weep Whilst wind youth