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, |
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( c ) Organs , cymbals , and all sorts of music . ( d ) Ringing . ( e ) Against ; in the
presence of . ( 5 ) Walls . ( g ) Seen ; gazed at . ( n ) Satins . ( i ) Pals , or perhaps
furs . ( j ) Hid , Bright and sheen was her face ; Every fair - 20 HISTORY OF
EARLY.
( c ) Organs , cymbals , and all sorts of music . ( d ) Ringing . ( e ) Against ; in the
presence of . ( 5 ) Walls . ( g ) Seen ; gazed at . ( n ) Satins . ( i ) Pals , or perhaps
furs . ( j ) Hid , Bright and sheen was her face ; Every fair - 20 HISTORY OF
EARLY.
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Bright and sheen was her face ; Every fair - head in her was . In this same old
romance , in which the manners of chivalry are constantly ingrafted on classical
his . tory , is found the well - known couplet in its true reading :Merry swithe it is in
...
Bright and sheen was her face ; Every fair - head in her was . In this same old
romance , in which the manners of chivalry are constantly ingrafted on classical
his . tory , is found the well - known couplet in its true reading :Merry swithe it is in
...
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The night was mirk ; overdrave the darksome chance ; The merry day sprang
from the orient With beamis bright illuminate the occident . * * * * * The clearč
rede among the rockis rang , Through green branches where the byrds blythly
sang ...
The night was mirk ; overdrave the darksome chance ; The merry day sprang
from the orient With beamis bright illuminate the occident . * * * * * The clearč
rede among the rockis rang , Through green branches where the byrds blythly
sang ...
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A shefe of peacock arwes bright and kene Under his belt he bare ful thriftily . Well
coude he dresse his takel ( i ) yemanly : His arwes ( k ) drouped not with fetheres
lowe . And in his hond he bare a mighty bowe . A not - hed ( 1 ) hadde he , with ...
A shefe of peacock arwes bright and kene Under his belt he bare ful thriftily . Well
coude he dresse his takel ( i ) yemanly : His arwes ( k ) drouped not with fetheres
lowe . And in his hond he bare a mighty bowe . A not - hed ( 1 ) hadde he , with ...
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... Throgh which men mightin any light dissern . The dore was al of adamant
eterne , Yclenchid overthwart and endelong , With iron tough , for to makin it
strong . Every pillar the tempyl to sustene Was tonne grete ( f ) of yren bright and
shene .
... Throgh which men mightin any light dissern . The dore was al of adamant
eterne , Yclenchid overthwart and endelong , With iron tough , for to makin it
strong . Every pillar the tempyl to sustene Was tonne grete ( f ) of yren bright and
shene .
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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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