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 109
... Happy Husband , with a Wife's Behaviour after Mar- 66 riage , " was printed in 1619 , and again , with “ Philomela , " the Nightingale , " " Sheretine and Mariana , " " Elegies , " " Songs and Sonnets , " in 1622. These productions he ...
... Happy Husband , with a Wife's Behaviour after Mar- 66 riage , " was printed in 1619 , and again , with “ Philomela , " the Nightingale , " " Sheretine and Mariana , " " Elegies , " " Songs and Sonnets , " in 1622. These productions he ...
Page 117
... HAPPY , oh happy he , who not affecting The endless toils attending worldly cares , With mind repos'd , all discontents rejecting , In silent peace his way to heaven prepares ! Deeming his life a scene , the world a stage Whereon man ...
... HAPPY , oh happy he , who not affecting The endless toils attending worldly cares , With mind repos'd , all discontents rejecting , In silent peace his way to heaven prepares ! Deeming his life a scene , the world a stage Whereon man ...
Page 181
... happy shade , My Castara lives unknown , To no looser eye betray'd ; For she's to herself untrue , Who delights i ' th ' public view . Such is her beauty , as no arts Have enrich'd with borrow'd grace ; Her high birth no pride imparts ...
... happy shade , My Castara lives unknown , To no looser eye betray'd ; For she's to herself untrue , Who delights i ' th ' public view . Such is her beauty , as no arts Have enrich'd with borrow'd grace ; Her high birth no pride imparts ...
Page 205
... O Chloris , think how this presents thy love ! Which when it ran but in one stream , We happy shepherds thence did thrive , and ' prove , And thou wast mine and all men's theme . But since ' t hath been imparted to one more [ 205 ]
... O Chloris , think how this presents thy love ! Which when it ran but in one stream , We happy shepherds thence did thrive , and ' prove , And thou wast mine and all men's theme . But since ' t hath been imparted to one more [ 205 ]
Page 251
... healths and draughts go free , - Fishes , that tipple in the deep , Know no such liberty . In the original it is " gods . " The correction , which is very happy , is Dr. Percy's . When , like committed linnets , I * With shriller [ 251 ]
... healths and draughts go free , - Fishes , that tipple in the deep , Know no such liberty . In the original it is " gods . " The correction , which is very happy , is Dr. Percy's . When , like committed linnets , I * With shriller [ 251 ]
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