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Nor is it a bold prophecy to say , that it contains more beautiful verse - far more
English poetry of the very highest order - than is likely to appear in all the
periodical volumes that shall be published in Britain for the next hundred years .
Nor is it a bold prophecy to say , that it contains more beautiful verse - far more
English poetry of the very highest order - than is likely to appear in all the
periodical volumes that shall be published in Britain for the next hundred years .
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Verses to Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * . . . . . . . . . . . Description
and Praise of his Love , Geraldine . . . . . . 111 SIR THOMAS WYATT . . . . . To bis
Mistress . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 On his Returne from Spaine . . . . Of the Mean and
Sure ...
Verses to Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * . . . . . . . . . . . Description
and Praise of his Love , Geraldine . . . . . . 111 SIR THOMAS WYATT . . . . . To bis
Mistress . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 On his Returne from Spaine . . . . Of the Mean and
Sure ...
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With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical
and Critical Notices, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) Page OVAAJ A W I . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 JONATHAN SWIFT Verses on his ...
With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical
and Critical Notices, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) Page OVAAJ A W I . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 JONATHAN SWIFT Verses on his ...
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WILLIAM COWPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 ib .
Extract from Verses to the Yardley Oak . . . . . . . . . . Winter Evening in the Country .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verses on the Loss of the Royal George .
WILLIAM COWPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 ib .
Extract from Verses to the Yardley Oak . . . . . . . . . . Winter Evening in the Country .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verses on the Loss of the Royal George .
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Many battle - songs , love - verses , and drinking - songs of the Welsh bards are
preserved ; and as these are little known , save to antiquarians and scholars , a
specimen of them may be acceptable as a literary curi . osity . SONG BY ...
Many battle - songs , love - verses , and drinking - songs of the Welsh bards are
preserved ; and as these are little known , save to antiquarians and scholars , a
specimen of them may be acceptable as a literary curi . osity . SONG BY ...
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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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