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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Page 19
... stay , But , ere she wakes , hies thence apace . Scarce was he gone when she awakes , And spies the shepherd standing by ; Her bended bow in haste she takes , And at the simple swain let fly . Forth flew the shaft , and pierc'd his ...
... stay , But , ere she wakes , hies thence apace . Scarce was he gone when she awakes , And spies the shepherd standing by ; Her bended bow in haste she takes , And at the simple swain let fly . Forth flew the shaft , and pierc'd his ...
Page 48
... stay not long , but come , my dear , " And knit our marriage knot ; " Each hour a day , each month a year , " Thou know'st I think , God wot . " Delay not then , like worldly men , " Good works till wither'd age : " " Bove other things ...
... stay not long , but come , my dear , " And knit our marriage knot ; " Each hour a day , each month a year , " Thou know'st I think , God wot . " Delay not then , like worldly men , " Good works till wither'd age : " " Bove other things ...
Page 49
... to move this dame of love , But she was gone already : Wherefore I pray , that those that stay May find their loves as steady ! VOL . III . PHINEAS FLETCHER Was of a Kentish family , cousin to DABRIDGCOURT BELCHIER . 49.
... to move this dame of love , But she was gone already : Wherefore I pray , that those that stay May find their loves as steady ! VOL . III . PHINEAS FLETCHER Was of a Kentish family , cousin to DABRIDGCOURT BELCHIER . 49.
Page 64
... stay longer if we durst- Away . - Alas , that he that first Gave Time wild wings , to fly away , Has now no power to make him stay ! But though these games must needs be play'd , I would this pair , when they are laid , And not a ...
... stay longer if we durst- Away . - Alas , that he that first Gave Time wild wings , to fly away , Has now no power to make him stay ! But though these games must needs be play'd , I would this pair , when they are laid , And not a ...
Page 73
... stay ! Let Zephyr only breathe , And with her tresses play . * The winds all silent are , And Phoebus in his chair , Ensaffroning sea and air , Makes vanish every star . Night like a drunkard , reels Beyond the hills , to shun his ...
... stay ! Let Zephyr only breathe , And with her tresses play . * The winds all silent are , And Phoebus in his chair , Ensaffroning sea and air , Makes vanish every star . Night like a drunkard , reels Beyond the hills , to shun his ...
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