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, |
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Page 134
... teares she softly forth let fall , That like two orient perles did purely shyne Upon her snowy cheeke ; and therewithall She sighed soft , that none so bestiall Nor salvage hart but ruth of her sad plight Would 134 SPENSER .
... teares she softly forth let fall , That like two orient perles did purely shyne Upon her snowy cheeke ; and therewithall She sighed soft , that none so bestiall Nor salvage hart but ruth of her sad plight Would 134 SPENSER .
Page 150
... fall . Thy gowns , thy shoes , thy beds of roses , Thy cap , thy kirtle , and thy posies , Soon break , soon wither , soon forgotten , In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of straw , and ivy buds , Thy coral clasps and amber ...
... fall . Thy gowns , thy shoes , thy beds of roses , Thy cap , thy kirtle , and thy posies , Soon break , soon wither , soon forgotten , In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of straw , and ivy buds , Thy coral clasps and amber ...
Page 156
... falls Melodious birds sing madrigals . There I will make thee beds of roses , With a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers , and a kirtle Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle . A gown made of the finest wool , Which from our ...
... falls Melodious birds sing madrigals . There I will make thee beds of roses , With a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers , and a kirtle Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle . A gown made of the finest wool , Which from our ...
Page 166
... ; And though it be a waking dream , Cho . Yet let it like an odour rise To all the senses here , And fall like sleep upon their eyes , Or music in their ear . SONG FROM THE MASQUE OF BEAUTY . So Beauty on 166 JONSON . Song of Night.
... ; And though it be a waking dream , Cho . Yet let it like an odour rise To all the senses here , And fall like sleep upon their eyes , Or music in their ear . SONG FROM THE MASQUE OF BEAUTY . So Beauty on 166 JONSON . Song of Night.
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... fall on the ear of a world whose finer sense is stifled by the din of its own bustle , is sufficiently intelligible ; but that the poet of the universe , whose ge- nius traversed every region of imagination , and permeat- ed every ...
... fall on the ear of a world whose finer sense is stifled by the din of its own bustle , is sufficiently intelligible ; but that the poet of the universe , whose ge- nius traversed every region of imagination , and permeat- ed every ...
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