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All my joys besides are folly , None so sweet as melancholy . When I lie , sit , or
walk alone , I sigh , I grieve , making great moan , In a dark grove , or irksome den
, With discontents and furies , then A thousand miseries at once Mine heavy ...
All my joys besides are folly , None so sweet as melancholy . When I lie , sit , or
walk alone , I sigh , I grieve , making great moan , In a dark grove , or irksome den
, With discontents and furies , then A thousand miseries at once Mine heavy ...
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O how more sweet is birds ' harmonious moan , Or the hoarse * sobbings of the
widow ' d dove , Than those smooth whisperings near a prince ' s throne , Which
good make doubtful , do the ill approve ! O how more sweet is Zephyr ' s ...
O how more sweet is birds ' harmonious moan , Or the hoarse * sobbings of the
widow ' d dove , Than those smooth whisperings near a prince ' s throne , Which
good make doubtful , do the ill approve ! O how more sweet is Zephyr ' s ...
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Sweet Spring , thou turn ' st , with all thy goodly train , Thy head with flames , thy
mantle bright with flowers ! The Zephyrs curl the green locks of the plain , The
Clouds for joy in pearls weep down their showers . . Thou turn ' st , ' sweet youth ...
Sweet Spring , thou turn ' st , with all thy goodly train , Thy head with flames , thy
mantle bright with flowers ! The Zephyrs curl the green locks of the plain , The
Clouds for joy in pearls weep down their showers . . Thou turn ' st , ' sweet youth ...
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Sweet bird , that sing ' st away the early hours , Of winters past or coming void of
care , Well pleased with delights which present are ; Fair seasons , budding
sprays , sweet - smelling flowers ! To rocks , to springs , to rills , from leavy
bowers ...
Sweet bird , that sing ' st away the early hours , Of winters past or coming void of
care , Well pleased with delights which present are ; Fair seasons , budding
sprays , sweet - smelling flowers ! To rocks , to springs , to rills , from leavy
bowers ...
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Sleep , old man ! let silence charm thee . Beaumont . III . Sleep , Silence ' child ,
sweet father of soft Rest . Drummond . III . 73 . So cruel prison how could betide ,
alas . E . of Surrey . II . 56 . So glides along the wanton brook . E . of Pembroke .
Sleep , old man ! let silence charm thee . Beaumont . III . Sleep , Silence ' child ,
sweet father of soft Rest . Drummond . III . 73 . So cruel prison how could betide ,
alas . E . of Surrey . II . 56 . So glides along the wanton brook . E . of Pembroke .
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Page 244 - WHY so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
Page 31 - Sweet air blow soft, mount larks aloft To give my Love good-morrow ! Wings from the wind to please her mind Notes from the lark I'll borrow ; Bird prune thy wing, nightingale sing, To give my Love good-morrow ; To give my Love good-morrow Notes from them both I'll borrow.
Page 278 - 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 275 - TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, — That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not honour more.
Page 277 - Prison WHEN Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates — When I lie tangled in her hair And fettered to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty.
Page 194 - Go, lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied. That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, — How...
Page 132 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 85 - I how great she be? Great, or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair! If she love me, this believe, I will die ere she shall grieve! If she slight me, when I woo, I can scorn, and let her go! For if she be not for me, What care I for whom she be?
Page 222 - Now the bright Morning Star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose.
Page 63 - Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves! Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly housed save bats and owls! A midnight bell, a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon; Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley; Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
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| Title | Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, Volume 3 of Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, George Ellis |
| Author | George Ellis |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2007 |
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