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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... grace , That all is work , and no where space . It is a sweet delicious morn , Where day is breeding , never born : It is a meadow yet unshorn , Which thousand flowers do adorn . It is the heaven's bright reflex , Weak eyes to dazzle ...
... grace , That all is work , and no where space . It is a sweet delicious morn , Where day is breeding , never born : It is a meadow yet unshorn , Which thousand flowers do adorn . It is the heaven's bright reflex , Weak eyes to dazzle ...
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... grace- Where thou didst haunt , yet I adore the ground ! And where thou stept - O sacred seems that place ! My solitary walks , my widow'd bed , My dreary sighs , my sheets oft bath'd with tears , These shall record what life by me is ...
... grace- Where thou didst haunt , yet I adore the ground ! And where thou stept - O sacred seems that place ! My solitary walks , my widow'd bed , My dreary sighs , my sheets oft bath'd with tears , These shall record what life by me is ...
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... grace those banks , And nymphs had their abiding ; : Here as I staid , I saw a maid , A beauteous lovely creature ; With angel face , and goddess ' grace , Of such exceeding feature : Her looks did so astonish me , And set my [ 47 ]
... grace those banks , And nymphs had their abiding ; : Here as I staid , I saw a maid , A beauteous lovely creature ; With angel face , and goddess ' grace , Of such exceeding feature : Her looks did so astonish me , And set my [ 47 ]
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... Sole comforter of minds which are opprest ! 3 66 stormy . " 3 66 2 " bespangle with bright gold . " every thing save her who all should grace . " 4 " with grief . " Lo ! by thy charming rod all breathing things Lie WILLIAM DRUMMOND . 73.
... Sole comforter of minds which are opprest ! 3 66 stormy . " 3 66 2 " bespangle with bright gold . " every thing save her who all should grace . " 4 " with grief . " Lo ! by thy charming rod all breathing things Lie WILLIAM DRUMMOND . 73.
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... grace , Come as thou wilt , and what thou wilt bequeath ! I long to kiss the image of my death . SONNET . [ To his Lute . ] 2 My lute , be as thou wert , when thou did 3 grow With thy green mother in some shady grove , When immelodious ...
... grace , Come as thou wilt , and what thou wilt bequeath ! I long to kiss the image of my death . SONNET . [ To his Lute . ] 2 My lute , be as thou wert , when thou did 3 grow With thy green mother in some shady grove , When immelodious ...
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