The Book of Elizabethan VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite |
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... head , The Muses dance about his bed ; When on his ravishing lute he plays , Strew his temple round with bays . Io , pæans let us sing To the glittering Delian king ! Hark , Hark ! the Lark J. Lyly [ ARK , hark ! the lark at heaven's ...
... head , The Muses dance about his bed ; When on his ravishing lute he plays , Strew his temple round with bays . Io , pæans let us sing To the glittering Delian king ! Hark , Hark ! the Lark J. Lyly [ ARK , hark ! the lark at heaven's ...
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... head on the pale ; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings ; The fishes flete with new repaired scale . The adder all her slough away she slings ; The swift swallow pursueth the flies smale ; The busy bee her honey now she mings ...
... head on the pale ; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings ; The fishes flete with new repaired scale . The adder all her slough away she slings ; The swift swallow pursueth the flies smale ; The busy bee her honey now she mings ...
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... . A chapelet on her head she wore , Hey ho , chapelet ! Of sweete violets therein was store , - - She sweeter then the violet . My sheepe did leave theyr wonted foode , Hey ho 19 ELIZABETHAN VERSE Yet, though thus respected, ...
... . A chapelet on her head she wore , Hey ho , chapelet ! Of sweete violets therein was store , - - She sweeter then the violet . My sheepe did leave theyr wonted foode , Hey ho 19 ELIZABETHAN VERSE Yet, though thus respected, ...
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... was sharply gryde ; Such woundes soone wexen wider . Hasting to raunch the arrow out , Hey ho , Perigot ! I left the head in my hart roote : It was a desperate shot . 25 . There it ranckleth ay more and more , 20 THE BOOK OF.
... was sharply gryde ; Such woundes soone wexen wider . Hasting to raunch the arrow out , Hey ho , Perigot ! I left the head in my hart roote : It was a desperate shot . 25 . There it ranckleth ay more and more , 20 THE BOOK OF.
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... head , As plainly may appear , I will both tell my name to you , And wherefore I came here . My name is Ralph , by due descent , Though not ignoble I , Yet far inferior to the flock Of gracious grocery ; And by the common counsel of My ...
... head , As plainly may appear , I will both tell my name to you , And wherefore I came here . My name is Ralph , by due descent , Though not ignoble I , Yet far inferior to the flock Of gracious grocery ; And by the common counsel of My ...
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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