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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... flames , which quench'd were with thy breath , a Can kindle now no more but in thy grave ! * * * * * * SONG . [ From " Aurora . " ] OH would to God a way were found That by some secret sympathy unknown My fair my fancy's depth might ...
... flames , which quench'd were with thy breath , a Can kindle now no more but in thy grave ! * * * * * * SONG . [ From " Aurora . " ] OH would to God a way were found That by some secret sympathy unknown My fair my fancy's depth might ...
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... flames , Who ne'er kept word in promis'd joy To lover , nor to loving dames . So all alike will constant prove , Both Fortune , running streams , and Love . EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY . This noble author is WM . HERBERT , EARL OF ...
... flames , Who ne'er kept word in promis'd joy To lover , nor to loving dames . So all alike will constant prove , Both Fortune , running streams , and Love . EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY . This noble author is WM . HERBERT , EARL OF ...
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... flame in likest hair ; Oft in a soft smooth skin doth close retire ; Oft in a smile ; oft in a silent tear : And if all fail , yet Virtue's self he'll hire . Himself's a dart , when nothing else can move : Who then the captive soul can ...
... flame in likest hair ; Oft in a soft smooth skin doth close retire ; Oft in a smile ; oft in a silent tear : And if all fail , yet Virtue's self he'll hire . Himself's a dart , when nothing else can move : Who then the captive soul can ...
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... 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 virgin rose , That as bright Aurora shows , How they all ...
... 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 virgin rose , That as bright Aurora shows , How they all ...
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... possest , 1 The wheels are fix'd , the motions rest , The flames in ashes lie opprest . This meteor , striving high to rise , ( The fuel spent ) falls down and dies . Why then should lovers ( most will say ) Expect [ 59 ]
... possest , 1 The wheels are fix'd , the motions rest , The flames in ashes lie opprest . This meteor , striving high to rise , ( The fuel spent ) falls down and dies . Why then should lovers ( most will say ) Expect [ 59 ]
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