Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, Volume 31801 |
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Page 147
... called " Wit restored , " 1658 , duodecimo . ANSWER TO THE LOVER'S MELANCHOLY . " [ Vide p . 48 of this volume . ] RETURN , my joys ! and hither bring A tongue not made to speak , but sing ; A jolly spleen , an inward feast , A ...
... called " Wit restored , " 1658 , duodecimo . ANSWER TO THE LOVER'S MELANCHOLY . " [ Vide p . 48 of this volume . ] RETURN , my joys ! and hither bring A tongue not made to speak , but sing ; A jolly spleen , an inward feast , A ...
Page 154
... called " Wit's Interpreter , " 1671 . FAME , honour , beauty , state , trains , blood and birth , Are but the fading blossoms of the earth . I would be great ; but that the sun doth still Level his rays against the rising hill . I would ...
... called " Wit's Interpreter , " 1671 . FAME , honour , beauty , state , trains , blood and birth , Are but the fading blossoms of the earth . I would be great ; but that the sun doth still Level his rays against the rising hill . I would ...
Page 178
... called " The Queen of " Arragon , " 1640 ; and a small volume of poems under the title of " Castara . " He died in 1654 . SONG . FINE young folly , though you were That fair beauty I did swear , Yet you ne'er could touch my heart ; For ...
... called " The Queen of " Arragon , " 1640 ; and a small volume of poems under the title of " Castara . " He died in 1654 . SONG . FINE young folly , though you were That fair beauty I did swear , Yet you ne'er could touch my heart ; For ...
Page 239
... called the Museum Minerva , 1635. He printed this year two books of a Latin translation of Chaucer's Troilus and Cresseid ; and died 1642 , or there . abouts , says Wood , who adds : " This is the person who 66 by experience falsified ...
... called the Museum Minerva , 1635. He printed this year two books of a Latin translation of Chaucer's Troilus and Cresseid ; and died 1642 , or there . abouts , says Wood , who adds : " This is the person who 66 by experience falsified ...
Page 247
... called " the Scholar , " and " the Soldier , " and a volume of poems , 1649 , called " Lucasta , " in honour of Lucy Sacheverel , a lady of great beauty and fortune , whom he usually styled Lux Casta , and who , supposing him dead of ...
... called " the Scholar , " and " the Soldier , " and a volume of poems , 1649 , called " Lucasta , " in honour of Lucy Sacheverel , a lady of great beauty and fortune , whom he usually styled Lux Casta , and who , supposing him dead of ...
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