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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... 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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... It is fair beauty's freshest youth : It is the feigned Elysium's truth , The spring that winter'd hearts renew'th ; - And this is that my soul pursu❜th . GEORGE SANDYS , One of the most harmonious versifiers of THOMAS CAMPION . 23.
... It is fair beauty's freshest youth : It is the feigned Elysium's truth , The spring that winter'd hearts renew'th ; - And this is that my soul pursu❜th . GEORGE SANDYS , One of the most harmonious versifiers of THOMAS CAMPION . 23.
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... spring ; You who bow with age's weight , You who were but born of late ; Praise his name with one consent : O how great ! how excellent ! * * Urania to the Queen . [ Prefixed to his " Translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses . " } THE muses ...
... spring ; You who bow with age's weight , You who were but born of late ; Praise his name with one consent : O how great ! how excellent ! * * Urania to the Queen . [ Prefixed to his " Translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses . " } THE muses ...
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... springs ; To that new - found - out world , where sober Night Takes from th ' Antipodes her silent flight ; To those dark seas , where horrid winter reigns , And binds the stubborn floods in icy chains ; To Libyan wastes , whose thirst ...
... springs ; To that new - found - out world , where sober Night Takes from th ' Antipodes her silent flight ; To those dark seas , where horrid winter reigns , And binds the stubborn floods in icy chains ; To Libyan wastes , whose thirst ...
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... springs , I shall them only show . Ah ! unaffected lines , True models of my heart ! The world may see that in you shines The power of passion , more than art . WILLIAM HERBERT , EARL OF PEMBROKE . The character of WM . ALEXANDER , EARL ...
... springs , I shall them only show . Ah ! unaffected lines , True models of my heart ! The world may see that in you shines The power of passion , more than art . WILLIAM HERBERT , EARL OF PEMBROKE . The character of WM . ALEXANDER , EARL ...
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