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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English poets George Ellis. STANZAS . [ Extracted out of “ Alcilia . Philoparthen's loving Folly , " & c . By J. C. ( quære if J. Cook ? ) London , second impression , 4to . 1628. ] * What thing is beauty , nature's dearest minion ? The ...
English poets George Ellis. STANZAS . [ Extracted out of “ Alcilia . Philoparthen's loving Folly , " & c . By J. C. ( quære if J. Cook ? ) London , second impression , 4to . 1628. ] * What thing is beauty , nature's dearest minion ? The ...
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... extracted from a miscellany 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 ...
... extracted from a miscellany 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 ...
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... extracted , is attributed to him in a miscel- lany 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 ...
... extracted , is attributed to him in a miscel- lany 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 ...
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... extracted . SONG . TIME is a feather'd thing ; And , whilst I praise The sparklings of thy looks , and call them rays , Takes wing ; Leaving behind him , as he flies , An unperceived dimness in thine eyes . His minutes , whilst they're ...
... extracted . SONG . TIME is a feather'd thing ; And , whilst I praise The sparklings of thy looks , and call them rays , Takes wing ; Leaving behind him , as he flies , An unperceived dimness in thine eyes . His minutes , whilst they're ...
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... extracted from his poems , ( subjoined to the " Spring's Glory , " a mask , London , 1639 ) , has some originality : the second would not have been disowned by his patron , Suckling . See Biog . Dram . Upon excellent strong Beer , which ...
... extracted from his poems , ( subjoined to the " Spring's Glory , " a mask , London , 1639 ) , has some originality : the second would not have been disowned by his patron , Suckling . See Biog . Dram . Upon excellent strong Beer , which ...
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