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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... His , who made you by his word- Made you evermore to last , Set you bounds not to be past . Let the earth his praise resound ; Monstrous whales , and seas profound , Vapours , lightning , hail , and snow , Storms GEORGE SANDYS . 25.
... His , who made you by his word- Made you evermore to last , Set you bounds not to be past . Let the earth his praise resound ; Monstrous whales , and seas profound , Vapours , lightning , hail , and snow , Storms GEORGE SANDYS . 25.
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... earth , All , of high and humble birth ! Youths , and virgins , flourishing In the beauty of your spring ; You who bow with age's weight , You who were but born of late ; Praise his name with one consent : O how great ! how excellent ...
... earth , All , of high and humble birth ! Youths , and virgins , flourishing In the beauty of your spring ; You who bow with age's weight , You who were but born of late ; Praise his name with one consent : O how great ! how excellent ...
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... earth , enthrall'd to sense , Condemn what is our excellence . The air , immortal souls , the skies , The angels in their hierarchies , Unseen , to all things seen dispense Breath , life , protection , influence . Our high conceptions ...
... earth , enthrall'd to sense , Condemn what is our excellence . The air , immortal souls , the skies , The angels in their hierarchies , Unseen , to all things seen dispense Breath , life , protection , influence . Our high conceptions ...
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... earth ; Next sung the change of things : disclos'd th ' un- known , Then to a nobler shape transform'd her own ; Fetch'd from Engaddi spice , from Jewry balm , And bound her brows with Idumæan palm ; Now , old , hath her last voyage ...
... earth ; Next sung the change of things : disclos'd th ' un- known , Then to a nobler shape transform'd her own ; Fetch'd from Engaddi spice , from Jewry balm , And bound her brows with Idumæan palm ; Now , old , hath her last voyage ...
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... earth Might bury me , which fed me from my birth : Blest with a healthful age , a quiet mind , Content with little , to this work design'd : Which I at length have finish'd by thy aid , And now my vows have at thy altar paid . THOMAS ...
... earth Might bury me , which fed me from my birth : Blest with a healthful age , a quiet mind , Content with little , to this work design'd : Which I at length have finish'd by thy aid , And now my vows have at thy altar paid . THOMAS ...
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