Specimens of the lyrical, descriptive, and narrative poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the present day; with a preliminary sketch of the history of early English poetry, and biographical and critical notices, by J. J. |
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... thee and me dependeth the trespace Touching our guilt and our great offence , But , welaway ! most angelik of face Our childè , young in his pure innocence , Shall agayn right suffer death's violence , Tender of limbes , God wote , full ...
... thee and me dependeth the trespace Touching our guilt and our great offence , But , welaway ! most angelik of face Our childè , young in his pure innocence , Shall agayn right suffer death's violence , Tender of limbes , God wote , full ...
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... thee come I to joy out of torment : - But now to purpose of my first entent . XI . Bewailing in my chamber thus alone . Despaired of all joy and remedy , For - tired of my thought , and woe - begone , Unto the window gan I walk in hie ...
... thee come I to joy out of torment : - But now to purpose of my first entent . XI . Bewailing in my chamber thus alone . Despaired of all joy and remedy , For - tired of my thought , and woe - begone , Unto the window gan I walk in hie ...
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... thee good cheer of it that God thee sends , For worldis wrak , ( c ) but welfare , nought avails ; No good is thine , save only but thou spends , Remenant ( d ) all thou brookest but with bales , Seek to solace when sadness thee assails ...
... thee good cheer of it that God thee sends , For worldis wrak , ( c ) but welfare , nought avails ; No good is thine , save only but thou spends , Remenant ( d ) all thou brookest but with bales , Seek to solace when sadness thee assails ...
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... thee . War I one man , to heir the birdis sound , Quhilk doth again thy royal rocke rebound ! But Lyndsay's predominant qualities of mind were good sense , humour , and knowledge of the bad side of humanity .. His satires and invective ...
... thee . War I one man , to heir the birdis sound , Quhilk doth again thy royal rocke rebound ! But Lyndsay's predominant qualities of mind were good sense , humour , and knowledge of the bad side of humanity .. His satires and invective ...
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... thee ? What shall , alas ! become of me ! SONG . WHAT bird so sings , yet so does wail ! Oh ' tis the ravish'd nightingale . Jug , jug , jug , jug , tereu , she cries , And still her woes at midnight rise . Brave prick song who is't now ...
... thee ? What shall , alas ! become of me ! SONG . WHAT bird so sings , yet so does wail ! Oh ' tis the ravish'd nightingale . Jug , jug , jug , jug , tereu , she cries , And still her woes at midnight rise . Brave prick song who is't now ...
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