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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Page 110
Give me account where is my noble fere , ( a ) Whom in thy walls thou dost each
night enclose , To other leefe , but unto me most dear . VERSES TO SPRING ,
WHEREIN EACH THING RENEWS , SAVE ONLY THE LOVER . THE soote
season ...
Give me account where is my noble fere , ( a ) Whom in thy walls thou dost each
night enclose , To other leefe , but unto me most dear . VERSES TO SPRING ,
WHEREIN EACH THING RENEWS , SAVE ONLY THE LOVER . THE soote
season ...
Page 124
... lullaby then wink awhile ; With lullaby your looks beguile ; Let no fair face , nor
beauty bright , Entice you efte with vain delight . And lullaby , my wanton will , Let
reason ' s rule now rein thy thought , Since all too late 1 find by skill , How dear I ...
... lullaby then wink awhile ; With lullaby your looks beguile ; Let no fair face , nor
beauty bright , Entice you efte with vain delight . And lullaby , my wanton will , Let
reason ' s rule now rein thy thought , Since all too late 1 find by skill , How dear I ...
Page 147
Take me to thee , and thee to me No , no , no , no , my dear , let be . Night hath
closed all in her cloak , Twinkling stars love - thoughts provoke , Danger hence
good care doth keep , Jealousy itself doth sleep . Take me , & c . Better place no
wit ...
Take me to thee , and thee to me No , no , no , no , my dear , let be . Night hath
closed all in her cloak , Twinkling stars love - thoughts provoke , Danger hence
good care doth keep , Jealousy itself doth sleep . Take me , & c . Better place no
wit ...
Page 187
Pity me then , dear friend , and I assure ye , Even that your pity is enough to cure
me . Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments . Love is not
love Which alters when it alteration finds , Or bends with the remover to remove :
O ...
Pity me then , dear friend , and I assure ye , Even that your pity is enough to cure
me . Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments . Love is not
love Which alters when it alteration finds , Or bends with the remover to remove :
O ...
Page 193
Hop , and Mop , and Drap so clear , Pip , and Trip , and Skip , that were To Mab
their sovereign dear , Her special maids of honour ; Fib , and Tib , and Pinck , and
Pin , Tick , and Quick , and Jill , and Jin , Tit , and Nit , and Wap , and Win , The ...
Hop , and Mop , and Drap so clear , Pip , and Trip , and Skip , that were To Mab
their sovereign dear , Her special maids of honour ; Fib , and Tib , and Pinck , and
Pin , Tick , and Quick , and Jill , and Jin , Tit , and Nit , and Wap , and Win , The ...
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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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