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 246
... fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight . He wou'd have kist her once or twice , But she wou'd not , she was so nice , She wou'd not do't in sight ; And then she look'd as ...
... fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight . He wou'd have kist her once or twice , But she wou'd not , she was so nice , She wou'd not do't in sight ; And then she look'd as ...
Page 253
... . FROM CATULLUS . COME , and let us live , my dear , Let us love , and never fear What the sourest fathers say : Brightest Sol , that dies to - day , Lives again as blithe to - morrow ; But if CRASHAW . 253 The Tear From Catullus.
... . FROM CATULLUS . COME , and let us live , my dear , Let us love , and never fear What the sourest fathers say : Brightest Sol , that dies to - day , Lives again as blithe to - morrow ; But if CRASHAW . 253 The Tear From Catullus.
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... fear , They led - a kind of - as it were : Nor wish'd , nor cared , nor laugh'd , nor cried : And so they lived , and so they died . THE FEMALE PHAETON . THUS Kitty , ( a ) beautiful and young , And wild as colt untamed , Bespoke the ...
... fear , They led - a kind of - as it were : Nor wish'd , nor cared , nor laugh'd , nor cried : And so they lived , and so they died . THE FEMALE PHAETON . THUS Kitty , ( a ) beautiful and young , And wild as colt untamed , Bespoke the ...
Page 266
... and , leaning on his staff , His wonder witness'd with an idiot laugh ; Then would have spoke , but by his glimmering sense First found his want of words , and fear'd offence : Doubted for what he was he should be known , 266 DRYDEN .
... and , leaning on his staff , His wonder witness'd with an idiot laugh ; Then would have spoke , but by his glimmering sense First found his want of words , and fear'd offence : Doubted for what he was he should be known , 266 DRYDEN .
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... , till past the pleasure , ne'er Declaim against the sin : ' Tis early to begin to fear The devil at fifteen . SONG IN BELLAMIRA . By secret and mysterious springs , SEDLEY . 269 SIR CHARLES SEDLEY To a Devout Young Lady.
... , till past the pleasure , ne'er Declaim against the sin : ' Tis early to begin to fear The devil at fifteen . SONG IN BELLAMIRA . By secret and mysterious springs , SEDLEY . 269 SIR CHARLES SEDLEY To a Devout Young Lady.
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