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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... tell which way to shape their course , When he that steers will have his will , And drive them where he list perforce ? So Reason shews the truth in vain Where fond Desire as king doth reign . 1 An Altar and Sacrifice to Disdain , for ...
... tell which way to shape their course , When he that steers will have his will , And drive them where he list perforce ? So Reason shews the truth in vain Where fond Desire as king doth reign . 1 An Altar and Sacrifice to Disdain , for ...
Page 38
... tell how I were pin'd , Or looks my woes relate ; Then any pregnant wit , That well remarked it , Would soon discern my state . Oft , those that do deserve disdain For forging fancies get the best reward ; Where I , who feel what they ...
... tell how I were pin'd , Or looks my woes relate ; Then any pregnant wit , That well remarked it , Would soon discern my state . Oft , those that do deserve disdain For forging fancies get the best reward ; Where I , who feel what they ...
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... tell the anguish of my Henceforth I'll hide my losses , And not recount the crosses That do my joys o'erthrow ; At least , to senseless things , Mounts , vales , woods , floods , and springs , I shall them only show . Ah ! unaffected ...
... tell the anguish of my Henceforth I'll hide my losses , And not recount the crosses That do my joys o'erthrow ; At least , to senseless things , Mounts , vales , woods , floods , and springs , I shall them only show . Ah ! unaffected ...
Page 65
... TELL me , dearest , what is love ? " ' Tis a lightning from above ; ' Tis an arrow , ' tis a fire ; ' Tis a boy they call Desire ; Those ' Tis a grave Gapes to have poor fools that long to prove . " Tell me more , are women true ? " Yes ...
... TELL me , dearest , what is love ? " ' Tis a lightning from above ; ' Tis an arrow , ' tis a fire ; ' Tis a boy they call Desire ; Those ' Tis a grave Gapes to have poor fools that long to prove . " Tell me more , are women true ? " Yes ...
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... Tell me , ( so may thou fortune milder try , And long , long sing ! ) for what thou thus com- plains , Since Winter's gone , and 4 Sun in dappled sky Enamour'd smiles on woods and flowery 5 plains ? The bird , as if my questions did her ...
... Tell me , ( so may thou fortune milder try , And long , long sing ! ) for what thou thus com- plains , Since Winter's gone , and 4 Sun in dappled sky Enamour'd smiles on woods and flowery 5 plains ? The bird , as if my questions did her ...
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