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Page 102
What portions of the work are to be attributed to the pen of the Countess , cannot
now be ascertained , but the hand of a lady is visible throughout , more
particularly in the minutiæ of dress and costume . There are sufficient reasons to
presume ...
What portions of the work are to be attributed to the pen of the Countess , cannot
now be ascertained , but the hand of a lady is visible throughout , more
particularly in the minutiæ of dress and costume . There are sufficient reasons to
presume ...
Page 166
It is the nature of that country to sift strangers ; every one that shaketh thee by the
hand , is not joined to thee in heart . “ They think Italians wanton , and Grecians
subtle : they will trust neither , they are so incredulous ; but undermine both , they
...
It is the nature of that country to sift strangers ; every one that shaketh thee by the
hand , is not joined to thee in heart . “ They think Italians wanton , and Grecians
subtle : they will trust neither , they are so incredulous ; but undermine both , they
...
Page 309
Was't not thy hand that tied the sacred knot ? Was't not thy hand that to my hand
did give him ? Hast thou not made us one ? command'st thou not None loose
what thou hast bound ? if then thou ' reave him , How without me by halves dost ...
Was't not thy hand that tied the sacred knot ? Was't not thy hand that to my hand
did give him ? Hast thou not made us one ? command'st thou not None loose
what thou hast bound ? if then thou ' reave him , How without me by halves dost ...
Page 352
Who then those sacred strains can understand , Which calm'd thy father , and our
desperate fears , And charm'd the nimble lightning from his hand , That unawares
it dropt in melting tears ? Thou , thou , dear swain ! thy heav'nly load unfraught ...
Who then those sacred strains can understand , Which calm'd thy father , and our
desperate fears , And charm'd the nimble lightning from his hand , That unawares
it dropt in melting tears ? Thou , thou , dear swain ! thy heav'nly load unfraught ...
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... have by repelling hostile invasion , preserved them from war and its horrors
which have in succession visited every other community of people on the surface
of the globe . If for ages the sound of cannon in the hands of foreign enemies has
...
... have by repelling hostile invasion , preserved them from war and its horrors
which have in succession visited every other community of people on the surface
of the globe . If for ages the sound of cannon in the hands of foreign enemies has
...
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Page 192 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 249 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will, Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill!
Page 61 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 23 - And wilt thou leave me thus ? Say nay ! say nay ! And wilt thou leave me thus, That hath loved thee so long In wealth and woe among : And is thy heart so strong As for to leave me thus ? Say nay ! say nay...
Page 147 - Shepherds, weep no more ! For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 184 - At cards for kisses — Cupid paid; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lip, the rose Growing on's cheek (but none knows how), With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin; All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes, She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this to thee? What shall, alas! become of me? THE SONGS OF BIRDS What bird so sings, yet...
Page 21 - Now cease, my lute, this is the last Labour, that thou and I shall waste; And ended is that we begun : Now is this song both sung and past; My lute, be still, for I have done.
Page 250 - Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill! Whose passions not his masters...
Page 246 - Nature seem'd in love: The lusty sap began to move; Fresh juice did stir th' embracing vines, And birds had drawn their valentines, The jealous Trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well dissembled fly; There stood my friend with patient skill, Attending of his trembling quill.
Page 215 - ... the wood, That warble forth Dame Nature's lays, Thinking your passions understood By your weak accents; what's your praise, When Philomel her voice shall raise? You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own, What are you, when the Rose is blown? So when my Mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not designed Th' eclipse and glory...
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| Title | Kentish Poets: A Series of Writers in English Poetry, Natives of Or Residents in the County of Kent; with Specimens of Their Compositions, and Some Account of Their Lives and Writings, Volumes 1-2 Kentish Poets: A Series of Writers in English Poetry, Natives of Or Residents in the County of Kent; with Specimens of Their Compositions, and Some Account of Their Lives and Writings, Rowland Freeman |
| Author | Rowland Freeman |
| Publisher | G. Wood, 1821 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2007 |
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