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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... fear , Pleasing myself with phantasms sweet , Methinks the time runs very fleet . All my joys to this are folly , Nought so sweet as melancholy . When I lie waking , all alone , Recounting what I have ill done , My thoughts on me then ...
... fear , Pleasing myself with phantasms sweet , Methinks the time runs very fleet . All my joys to this are folly , Nought so sweet as melancholy . When I lie waking , all alone , Recounting what I have ill done , My thoughts on me then ...
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... Fear , discontent , and sorrows come . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so fierce as melancholy . I'll not change life with any king ; I ravish'd am ! can the world bring More joy , than still to laugh and smile , In pleasant ...
... Fear , discontent , and sorrows come . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so fierce as melancholy . I'll not change life with any king ; I ravish'd am ! can the world bring More joy , than still to laugh and smile , In pleasant ...
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... fears , And try them on herself she will . Take heed , sweet nymph , try not thy shaft ! Each little touch will prick the heart ; Alas ! thou know'st not Cupid's craft , Revenge is joy , the end is smart . Yet try she will , and prick ...
... fears , And try them on herself she will . Take heed , sweet nymph , try not thy shaft ! Each little touch will prick the heart ; Alas ! thou know'st not Cupid's craft , Revenge is joy , the end is smart . Yet try she will , and prick ...
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... fear so fair a hand . There be , who our delights despise As shadows , and vain fantasies . Those sons of earth , enthrall'd to sense , Condemn what is our excellence . The air , immortal souls , the skies , The angels in their ...
... fear so fair a hand . There be , who our delights despise As shadows , and vain fantasies . Those sons of earth , enthrall'd to sense , Condemn what is our excellence . The air , immortal souls , the skies , The angels in their ...
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... we sometimes the willow wear , By subtle swains that dare forswear , We wonder whence it comes , and fear They've been at court , and learnt it there . VOL . III . с WILLIAM ALEXANDER , OF MENSTRIE , EARL OF STERLINE , THOMAS HEYWOOD . 33.
... we sometimes the willow wear , By subtle swains that dare forswear , We wonder whence it comes , and fear They've been at court , and learnt it there . VOL . III . с WILLIAM ALEXANDER , OF MENSTRIE , EARL OF STERLINE , THOMAS HEYWOOD . 33.
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