Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language;Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row., 1811 - English poetry |
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... 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 [ 31 ]
... 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 [ 31 ]
Page 32
... birds in every furrow ; And from each hill let music shrill Give my fair love good - morrow ! Blackbird , and thrush , in every bush , Stare , linnet , and cock - sparrow ! You pretty elves , amongst yourselves , Sing my fair love good ...
... birds in every furrow ; And from each hill let music shrill Give my fair love good - morrow ! Blackbird , and thrush , in every bush , Stare , linnet , and cock - sparrow ! You pretty elves , amongst yourselves , Sing my fair love good ...
Page 33
... birds we borrow , They bidding us , we them , good - morrow . Our habits are but coarse and plain , Yet they defend from wind and rain ; As warm too , in an equal eye , As those be stained in scarlet dye . Those that have plenty wear ...
... birds we borrow , They bidding us , we them , good - morrow . Our habits are but coarse and plain , Yet they defend from wind and rain ; As warm too , in an equal eye , As those be stained in scarlet dye . Those that have plenty wear ...
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... return Of the wish'd bridegroom of the earth . The well - accorded birds did sing Their hymns unto the pleasant time , And in a sweet consorted chime Did welcome in the cheerful spring . ? To which , soft whistles of the wind , [ 42 ]
... return Of the wish'd bridegroom of the earth . The well - accorded birds did sing Their hymns unto the pleasant time , And in a sweet consorted chime Did welcome in the cheerful spring . ? To which , soft whistles of the wind , [ 42 ]
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... birds , for love that sing and play ; And of all Love's joyful flame I the bud and blossom am . Only bend thy knee to me , Thy wooing shall thy winning be ! See , see the flowers that below Now as fresh as morning blow , And of all the ...
... birds , for love that sing and play ; And of all Love's joyful flame I the bud and blossom am . Only bend thy knee to me , Thy wooing shall thy winning be ! See , see the flowers that below Now as fresh as morning blow , And of all the ...
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