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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... Lady Anglesey .. ABRAHAM COWLEY ...... The Chronicle , a Ballad ... Honour ....... Of Solitude ........ ib . 217 218 219 221 ib . 222 223 224 ib . 227 228 JOHN MILTON ....... Song on May Morning .......... Extracts from CONTENTS . ix.
... Lady Anglesey .. ABRAHAM COWLEY ...... The Chronicle , a Ballad ... Honour ....... Of Solitude ........ ib . 217 218 219 221 ib . 222 223 224 ib . 227 228 JOHN MILTON ....... Song on May Morning .......... Extracts from CONTENTS . ix.
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... honoured thou be : " God love thi sone come after the , " Bringe to ende that thou hast bygonne , " The holy crois ymade of tre " So fain thou woldest hit have ywonne . " Jerusalem , thou hast ilore " The flourè of al chivalrie , " Now ...
... honoured thou be : " God love thi sone come after the , " Bringe to ende that thou hast bygonne , " The holy crois ymade of tre " So fain thou woldest hit have ywonne . " Jerusalem , thou hast ilore " The flourè of al chivalrie , " Now ...
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... honour , fredom and curtesie . Ful worthy was he in his lordès werre , ( a ) And thereto hadde he ridden , no man ferre , ( b ) As wel in Cristendom as in Hethenesse , And ever honoured for his worthinesse . At Alisandre he was whan it ...
... honour , fredom and curtesie . Ful worthy was he in his lordès werre , ( a ) And thereto hadde he ridden , no man ferre , ( b ) As wel in Cristendom as in Hethenesse , And ever honoured for his worthinesse . At Alisandre he was whan it ...
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... honour detteles , ( a ) but if he were wood , Or live as scarsly , as him list desire ; And able for to helpen all a shire In any cas that mighte fallen or happe ; And yet this manciple sette hir aller cappe . ( b ) The Revè was a ...
... honour detteles , ( a ) but if he were wood , Or live as scarsly , as him list desire ; And able for to helpen all a shire In any cas that mighte fallen or happe ; And yet this manciple sette hir aller cappe . ( b ) The Revè was a ...
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... honours or church - preferment , he seems to have experienced Spenser's fate , and felt the bitterness which dic- tated his memorable lines : - To speed to - day , to be put back to - morrow , To waste long years in discontent and ...
... honours or church - preferment , he seems to have experienced Spenser's fate , and felt the bitterness which dic- tated his memorable lines : - To speed to - day , to be put back to - morrow , To waste long years in discontent and ...
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