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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... . When to myself I act , and smile , With pleasing thoughts the time beguile , By a brook - side , or wood so green , Unheard , unsought - for , or unseen , A thousand pleasures do me bless , And crown my ROBERT BURTON . છે.
... . When to myself I act , and smile , With pleasing thoughts the time beguile , By a brook - side , or wood so green , Unheard , unsought - for , or unseen , A thousand pleasures do me bless , And crown my ROBERT BURTON . છે.
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... pleasures do me bless , And crown my soul with happiness . All my joys besides are folly , None so sweet as melancholy . When I lie , sit , or walk alone , I sigh , I grieve , making great moan , In a dark grove , or irksome den , With ...
... pleasures do me bless , And crown my soul with happiness . All my joys besides are folly , None so sweet as melancholy . When I lie , sit , or walk alone , I sigh , I grieve , making great moan , In a dark grove , or irksome den , With ...
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... her passions , so must I : For when of pleasure she doth sing , My thoughts enjoy a sudden spring ; But if she do of sorrow speak , E'en from my heart the strings do break . Of his Mistress's Face . AND would you see my [ 22 ]
... her passions , so must I : For when of pleasure she doth sing , My thoughts enjoy a sudden spring ; But if she do of sorrow speak , E'en from my heart the strings do break . Of his Mistress's Face . AND would you see my [ 22 ]
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... pleasures of the time unite , To give a triumph to their love , They staid at last , and on the grass Reposed so , as o'er his breast She bow'd her gracious head to rest , Such a weight as no burthen was . Long their fix'd eyes to ...
... pleasures of the time unite , To give a triumph to their love , They staid at last , and on the grass Reposed so , as o'er his breast She bow'd her gracious head to rest , Such a weight as no burthen was . Long their fix'd eyes to ...
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... These eyes again thine eyes shall see , " And hands again these hands infold ; " And all chaste pleasures can be told " Shall with us everlasting be . " For if no use of sense remain " When EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY . 45.
... These eyes again thine eyes shall see , " And hands again these hands infold ; " And all chaste pleasures can be told " Shall with us everlasting be . " For if no use of sense remain " When EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY . 45.
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