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 113
... flowers that sit On Flora's brow , shall never taste Winter's scorn , Nor , forlorn , Bend their heads with chilling blast . Riper age expects to have Harvests of his proper toil : Times to give , and to receive Seeds and fruits from ...
... flowers that sit On Flora's brow , shall never taste Winter's scorn , Nor , forlorn , Bend their heads with chilling blast . Riper age expects to have Harvests of his proper toil : Times to give , and to receive Seeds and fruits from ...
Page 117
... flowers , Lightness to love how ill it fitteth , So heavy on my heart she sitteth . [ From the same . ] HAPPY , oh happy he , who not affecting The endless toils attending worldly cares , With mind repos'd , all discontents rejecting ...
... flowers , Lightness to love how ill it fitteth , So heavy on my heart she sitteth . [ From the same . ] HAPPY , oh happy he , who not affecting The endless toils attending worldly cares , With mind repos'd , all discontents rejecting ...
Page 122
... flower that withereth ere noon ; A swelling fruit , no sooner ripe than rotten ; Which sickness makes forlorn , and time forgotten . In looking back unto my follies past , While I the present with times past compare , And think how many ...
... flower that withereth ere noon ; A swelling fruit , no sooner ripe than rotten ; Which sickness makes forlorn , and time forgotten . In looking back unto my follies past , While I the present with times past compare , And think how many ...
Page 122
... flower that withereth ere noon ; A swelling fruit , no sooner ripe than rotten ; Which sickness makes forlorn , and time forgotten . In looking back unto my follies past , While I the present with times past compare , And think how many ...
... flower that withereth ere noon ; A swelling fruit , no sooner ripe than rotten ; Which sickness makes forlorn , and time forgotten . In looking back unto my follies past , While I the present with times past compare , And think how many ...
Page 131
... flowers , If he shake our halls or bowers , If his rude breath threaten us , Thou canst stroke great Æolus , * And from him the grace obtain To bind him in an iron chain . PERSUASIONS TO LOVE .. THINK not , ' cause men [ 131 ]
... flowers , If he shake our halls or bowers , If his rude breath threaten us , Thou canst stroke great Æolus , * And from him the grace obtain To bind him in an iron chain . PERSUASIONS TO LOVE .. THINK not , ' cause men [ 131 ]
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Admet Anon Beaumont and Fletcher beauty beauty's birds blush born breast breath Carew CASTARA Celia Charles II chaste cheek Chloris court Cupid dear death delight died disdain dost doth earth Edgar Atheling English eyes face fair fancy fate fear flame flowers folly FRANCIS BEAUMONT grace Greensleeves grief happy hath hear heart heaven hope Isaac Walton John Hall joys Julius Cæsar king kiss Laius language lips live lord lov'd love's lover maid MATTHEW STEVENSON melancholy miscellany mistress morn muse ne'er never night nymph o'er Oxford pain is love passion Phillis Picts pleasure poems poet poetry pride printed Prithee reign rose Saxon scorn Shakspeare shew sigh sing smile SONG SONNET sorrow soul specimen spring stanzas swain sweet taste tears tell thee thine thing thou art thought wanton Whilst wind wings wouldest not love youth