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162 BEN JONSON . . . . . . . . . . . . To Celia . . . . . . . Song to Celia . . . . . . . . The
Sweet Neglect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ib . To the
World . . . . . . . . Song of Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Song from the Masque of
Beauty .
162 BEN JONSON . . . . . . . . . . . . To Celia . . . . . . . Song to Celia . . . . . . . . The
Sweet Neglect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ib . To the
World . . . . . . . . Song of Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Song from the Masque of
Beauty .
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323 Ode on the Death of Mr Thomson . . . . . . . . . . . Ode to the Superstitions of the
Highlands . . . . . . . 325 MARK AKENSIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 . . . . . . . .
Mental Beauty ( from the Pleasures of Imagination ) 331 Conclusion ( from the ...
323 Ode on the Death of Mr Thomson . . . . . . . . . . . Ode to the Superstitions of the
Highlands . . . . . . . 325 MARK AKENSIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 . . . . . . . .
Mental Beauty ( from the Pleasures of Imagination ) 331 Conclusion ( from the ...
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... intimately blended in that dialect of strangely - mixed origin , which has
gathered beauty and strength in repeated crosses of the original Saxon breed ,
till three centuries afterwards it became nearly the pure classic English of modern
times .
... intimately blended in that dialect of strangely - mixed origin , which has
gathered beauty and strength in repeated crosses of the original Saxon breed ,
till three centuries afterwards it became nearly the pure classic English of modern
times .
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... and temple , and all the wise Right of her loke , and ' gan it new avise . The
extreme delicacy and beauty of Creseide ( a ) Delay ; hinderance . ( 6 ) Dreamed
. confessing her love amidst a scene of felicity has been A 2 ENGLISH POETRY .
... and temple , and all the wise Right of her loke , and ' gan it new avise . The
extreme delicacy and beauty of Creseide ( a ) Delay ; hinderance . ( 6 ) Dreamed
. confessing her love amidst a scene of felicity has been A 2 ENGLISH POETRY .
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The earliest love - song , which Warton quotes and places about the year 1200 ,
is not destitute of beauty . It has a chorus , Blow , northern wynd , send Thou me
my suetinge ; blow , Northern wynd , blow , blow , blow . Every charm is ascribed
...
The earliest love - song , which Warton quotes and places about the year 1200 ,
is not destitute of beauty . It has a chorus , Blow , northern wynd , send Thou me
my suetinge ; blow , Northern wynd , blow , blow , blow . Every charm is ascribed
...
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| Title | Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
| Author | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Editor | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Contributor | Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
| Publisher | Oliver & Boyd, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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