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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Page 11
... are jolly , Nought so harsh as melancholy . Friends and companions , get you gone ! ' Tis my desire to be alone ; Ne'er well , but when my thoughts and I Do domineer in privacy . No gem , no treasure like to this , ' ROBERT BURTON . 11.
... are jolly , Nought so harsh as melancholy . Friends and companions , get you gone ! ' Tis my desire to be alone ; Ne'er well , but when my thoughts and I Do domineer in privacy . No gem , no treasure like to this , ' ROBERT BURTON . 11.
Page 12
... gone , 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 ...
... gone , 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 ...
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... gone when she awakes , And spies the shepherd standing by ; Her bended bow in haste she takes , And at the simple swain let fly . Forth flew the shaft , and pierc'd his heart , That to the ground he fell with pain ; Yet up again ...
... gone when she awakes , And spies the shepherd standing by ; Her bended bow in haste she takes , And at the simple swain let fly . Forth flew the shaft , and pierc'd his heart , That to the ground he fell with pain ; Yet up again ...
Page 49
... to move this dame of love , But she was gone already : Wherefore I pray , that those that stay May find their loves as steady ! VOL . III . PHINEAS FLETCHER Was of a Kentish family , cousin to DABRIDGCOURT BELCHIER . 49.
... to move this dame of love , But she was gone already : Wherefore I pray , that those that stay May find their loves as steady ! VOL . III . PHINEAS FLETCHER Was of a Kentish family , cousin to DABRIDGCOURT BELCHIER . 49.
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... gone , fruition now begins : But what is this ? unconstant , frail , In nothing sure , but sure to fail , Which , if we lose it , we bewail ; And when we have it , still we bear The worst of passions , daily fear ! When Love thus in his ...
... gone , fruition now begins : But what is this ? unconstant , frail , In nothing sure , but sure to fail , Which , if we lose it , we bewail ; And when we have it , still we bear The worst of passions , daily fear ! When Love thus in his ...
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