Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, with a Biography of Each Poet, &c, Volume 3H. Washbourne, 1845 - English poetry |
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... breast lay bare to every blast . Erroneously ascribed in Dryden's Misc . ( vol . iv . p . 274 ) to Sidney Godolphin , under the title of " Cupid's Pastime . " REESE LIBRARY . OF THE NIVERSITY CALIFORNIA The shepherd stood and gaz'd his ...
... breast lay bare to every blast . Erroneously ascribed in Dryden's Misc . ( vol . iv . p . 274 ) to Sidney Godolphin , under the title of " Cupid's Pastime . " REESE LIBRARY . OF THE NIVERSITY CALIFORNIA The shepherd stood and gaz'd his ...
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... breast , that breast so rare , That made the shepherd senseless stand . That breast she prick'd , and through that breast Love finds an entry to her heart : At feeling of this new - come guest , Lord ! how the gentle nymph doth start ...
... breast , that breast so rare , That made the shepherd senseless stand . That breast she prick'd , and through that breast Love finds an entry to her heart : At feeling of this new - come guest , Lord ! how the gentle nymph doth start ...
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... her mind , Notes from the lark I'll borrow ; Bird prune thy wing , nightingale sing , To give my love good - morrow ! To give my love good - morrow , Notes from them both I'll borrow . Wake from thy nest , robin - red - breast 25 25.
... her mind , Notes from the lark I'll borrow ; Bird prune thy wing , nightingale sing , To give my love good - morrow ! To give my love good - morrow , Notes from them both I'll borrow . Wake from thy nest , robin - red - breast 25 25.
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... breast , Sing birds in every furrow ; And from each hill let music shrill Give my fair love good - morrow ! Blackbird , and thrush , in every bush , Stare , linnet , and cock - sparrow ! You pretty elves , amongst yourselves , Sing my ...
... breast , Sing birds in every furrow ; And from each hill let music shrill Give my fair love good - morrow ! Blackbird , and thrush , in every bush , Stare , linnet , and cock - sparrow ! You pretty elves , amongst yourselves , Sing my ...
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... breast be read within , A thousand volumes would be written there . Might silence show my mind , Sighs tell how I were pin'd , Or looks my woes relate ; Then any pregnant wit , That well remarked it , Would soon discern my state . Oft ...
... breast be read within , A thousand volumes would be written there . Might silence show my mind , Sighs tell how I were pin'd , Or looks my woes relate ; Then any pregnant wit , That well remarked it , Would soon discern my state . Oft ...
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