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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... hands were glov'd , and next to hand Was that fair breast , that breast so rare , That made the shepherd senseless stand . That breast she prick'd , and through that breast Love finds an entry to her heart : At feeling of this new ...
... hands were glov'd , and next to hand Was that fair breast , that breast so rare , That made the shepherd senseless stand . That breast she prick'd , and through that breast Love finds an entry to her heart : At feeling of this new ...
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... 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 hierarchies , Unseen ...
... 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 hierarchies , Unseen ...
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... hand , or at " least a main finger . " Of these , however , only 24 remain , for a catalogue of which , as well as his other works , re- course may be had to the Biographia Dramatica and Lang- baine . The latter regards him as " a ...
... hand , or at " least a main finger . " Of these , however , only 24 remain , for a catalogue of which , as well as his other works , re- course may be had to the Biographia Dramatica and Lang- baine . The latter regards him as " a ...
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... hand upon another and more aged admirer , he consoled himself by marrying Janet , the daughter and heir of Sir William Erskine . He was now warmly patronised by James I. , who made him in 1613 gentleman - usher to prince Charles , and ...
... hand upon another and more aged admirer , he consoled himself by marrying Janet , the daughter and heir of Sir William Erskine . He was now warmly patronised by James I. , who made him in 1613 gentleman - usher to prince Charles , and ...
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... hand she gently strain'd ; " Or that would change a love maintain'd " With so much love on either part . " Nay , I protest , though Death with his " Worst counsel should divide us here , " His terrors could not make me fear " To come ...
... hand she gently strain'd ; " Or that would change a love maintain'd " With so much love on either part . " Nay , I protest , though Death with his " Worst counsel should divide us here , " His terrors could not make me fear " To come ...
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