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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... hope or fear To have or lose this ordinary light , That , when to elements his body turned were , He knew , that as those elements would fight , So his immortal soul should find above , With his Creator , peace , joy , truth , and love ...
... hope or fear To have or lose this ordinary light , That , when to elements his body turned were , He knew , that as those elements would fight , So his immortal soul should find above , With his Creator , peace , joy , truth , and love ...
Page 60
... Hope and Love are twins ; Hope 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 ...
... Hope and Love are twins ; Hope 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 ...
Page 67
... hope springs up inflam'd with her new fires . No more an exile will I dwell , With folded arms and sighs all day , Reckoning the torments of my hell , And flinging my sweet joys away . I am call'd home again to quiet peace ; My mistress ...
... hope springs up inflam'd with her new fires . No more an exile will I dwell , With folded arms and sighs all day , Reckoning the torments of my hell , And flinging my sweet joys away . I am call'd home again to quiet peace ; My mistress ...
Page 85
... dear ; 1 Yea , a thousand lik'd , well - near ; And , in love with all together , Feared the enjoying either ; ' Cause to be of one possest , Barr'd the hope of all the rest . 1 LORDLY gallants , tell me this : Though my GEORGE WITHER . 85.
... dear ; 1 Yea , a thousand lik'd , well - near ; And , in love with all together , Feared the enjoying either ; ' Cause to be of one possest , Barr'd the hope of all the rest . 1 LORDLY gallants , tell me this : Though my GEORGE WITHER . 85.
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... hope to see thee once again ! For why ? -thine equal knew I never For honest minds and active men : Where true religion better thrives , And God is worshipp'd with more zeal ; Where men will sooner spend their lives To good their king ...
... hope to see thee once again ! For why ? -thine equal knew I never For honest minds and active men : Where true religion better thrives , And God is worshipp'd with more zeal ; Where men will sooner spend their lives To good their king ...
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