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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208 U VELV VA N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. CUI 205 song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10 . 213 ib . The Nightly Charm . . . . . . . . . . The Mad Maid ' s Song .
208 U VELV VA N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. CUI 205 song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10 . 213 ib . The Nightly Charm . . . . . . . . . . The Mad Maid ' s Song .
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Troilus is supposed to have first seen Creseide in a temple ; and in the solitude of
his chamber , in ruminating on her charms , he thus deepens their fatal
impression :And when he in his chamber was alone , He down upon his beddis
fete him ...
Troilus is supposed to have first seen Creseide in a temple ; and in the solitude of
his chamber , in ruminating on her charms , he thus deepens their fatal
impression :And when he in his chamber was alone , He down upon his beddis
fete him ...
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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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... and their respective satellites , has some flowery , sweet , but rather diffuse
description ; for the early poets adorned Nature , as they ascribed charms to their
mistresses , with more exuberance of ornament than discrimination of taste .
... and their respective satellites , has some flowery , sweet , but rather diffuse
description ; for the early poets adorned Nature , as they ascribed charms to their
mistresses , with more exuberance of ornament than discrimination of taste .
Page 104
... whom the passion and genius of her lover have rendered so illustrious in
poetical annals ; but he is only too successful in showing , that , instead of
pricking forth her knight and lover - proclaiming her peerless charms at the point
of the lance ...
... whom the passion and genius of her lover have rendered so illustrious in
poetical annals ; but he is only too successful in showing , that , instead of
pricking forth her knight and lover - proclaiming her peerless charms at the point
of the lance ...
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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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