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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... skies his name did raise : For he , by poems that he did compile , Led in triumph Love , Chastness , Death , and Fame : But thou triumphs o'er Petrarch's proper name ! Signed " J. Rex . " [ 7 ] 66 ROBERT BURTON , 66 Otherwise known [ 6 ]
... skies his name did raise : For he , by poems that he did compile , Led in triumph Love , Chastness , Death , and Fame : But thou triumphs o'er Petrarch's proper name ! Signed " J. Rex . " [ 7 ] 66 ROBERT BURTON , 66 Otherwise known [ 6 ]
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... poems , p . 94 , 2d ed . , supposes that great poet " to " have borrowed the subject of L'Allegro and Il Pense- 66 roso , together with some particular thoughts , expres- 66 sions , and rhymes , " from the subsequent specimen . " As to ...
... poems , p . 94 , 2d ed . , supposes that great poet " to " have borrowed the subject of L'Allegro and Il Pense- 66 roso , together with some particular thoughts , expres- 66 sions , and rhymes , " from the subsequent specimen . " As to ...
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... pro- fessing to be the third edition . " Aurora , " 1604 , 4to . " A Parænesis to the Prince , " 1604 , 4to . " Doomsday , " a sacred poem in twelve parts , Edinb . 1614 , 4to . and Lond . 1641 , 4to . and " Jonathan , 7 [ 34 ]
... pro- fessing to be the third edition . " Aurora , " 1604 , 4to . " A Parænesis to the Prince , " 1604 , 4to . " Doomsday , " a sacred poem in twelve parts , Edinb . 1614 , 4to . and Lond . 1641 , 4to . and " Jonathan , 7 [ 34 ]
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... Poem in- tended . The first booke . " All these various works , ex- cepting " Aurora , " were , in 1637 , with many ... Poems , 1786 . Extract from a Speech of Coelia , in the Tragedy of Cræsus . [ The text is printed from ed . 1637 ...
... Poem in- tended . The first booke . " All these various works , ex- cepting " Aurora , " were , in 1637 , with many ... Poems , 1786 . Extract from a Speech of Coelia , in the Tragedy of Cræsus . [ The text is printed from ed . 1637 ...
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... poems , partly written by him , partly by Sir Benjamin Ruddier , and partly ( as it should seem ) transcribed from other writers , was published in 1660 ) , in one volume 8vo . If the following poem be really his , as the prefix denotes ...
... poems , partly written by him , partly by Sir Benjamin Ruddier , and partly ( as it should seem ) transcribed from other writers , was published in 1660 ) , in one volume 8vo . If the following poem be really his , as the prefix denotes ...
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