The Book of Elizabethan VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite |
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... look back on two marked epochs , the one represented by Cooper and Irving — writers of prose only – the other by Emerson and Longfellow . The utmost that can be done for these exceptional combinations is to study them while they still ...
... look back on two marked epochs , the one represented by Cooper and Irving — writers of prose only – the other by Emerson and Longfellow . The utmost that can be done for these exceptional combinations is to study them while they still ...
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... look for day before his mistress wakes . Awake , awake ! break thro ' your veils of lawn ! Then draw your curtains , and begin the dawn ! Sir W. Davenant 2 . Dawn FLY hence , shadows , that do keep Watchful sorrows charmed in sleep ...
... look for day before his mistress wakes . Awake , awake ! break thro ' your veils of lawn ! Then draw your curtains , and begin the dawn ! Sir W. Davenant 2 . Dawn FLY hence , shadows , that do keep Watchful sorrows charmed in sleep ...
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... look upon her ; And Phyllis hath morn - waking birds Her risings for to honour . My Phyllis hath prime - feathered flowers That smile when she treads on them ; And Phyllis hath a gallant flock That leaps since she doth own them . But ...
... look upon her ; And Phyllis hath morn - waking birds Her risings for to honour . My Phyllis hath prime - feathered flowers That smile when she treads on them ; And Phyllis hath a gallant flock That leaps since she doth own them . But ...
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... look out and see , Where so happy a prince as he ? Where the nation live so free , And so merry as do we ? Be it peace , or be it war , Here at liberty we are , And enjoy our ease and rest : To the field we are not pressed ; Nor are ...
... look out and see , Where so happy a prince as he ? Where the nation live so free , And so merry as do we ? Be it peace , or be it war , Here at liberty we are , And enjoy our ease and rest : To the field we are not pressed ; Nor are ...
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... look like rose - buds filled with snow ; Yet them nor peer nor prince may buy , Till " Cherry - ripe " themselves do cry . Her eyes like angels watch them still ; Her brows like bended bows do stand , Threatening with piercing frowns to ...
... look like rose - buds filled with snow ; Yet them nor peer nor prince may buy , Till " Cherry - ripe " themselves do cry . Her eyes like angels watch them still ; Her brows like bended bows do stand , Threatening with piercing frowns to ...
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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