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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... night Helpe me lady with alle thy might . The metrical romance , which soon made so im- portant a part of polite literature , had now been natu- ralized by the numerous translations of the Norman and French minstrels ; and the GESTE OF ...
... night Helpe me lady with alle thy might . The metrical romance , which soon made so im- portant a part of polite literature , had now been natu- ralized by the numerous translations of the Norman and French minstrels ; and the GESTE OF ...
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... night was mirk ; overdrave the darksome chance ; The merry day sprang from the orient With beamis bright illuminate the occident . * * * * The clearè rede among the rockis rang , * * Through green branches where the byrds blythly sang ...
... night was mirk ; overdrave the darksome chance ; The merry day sprang from the orient With beamis bright illuminate the occident . * * * * The clearè rede among the rockis rang , * * Through green branches where the byrds blythly sang ...
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... in the Ram his halfè cours yronne , ( e ) And smalè foulès maken melodie , That slepen allè night with open eye , ( a ) Sweet . ( b ) Root . ( c ) Such . ( d ) Forest . ( e ) Run . So priketh hem ( a ) nature in hir ( 34 HISTORY OF EARLY.
... in the Ram his halfè cours yronne , ( e ) And smalè foulès maken melodie , That slepen allè night with open eye , ( a ) Sweet . ( b ) Root . ( c ) Such . ( d ) Forest . ( e ) Run . So priketh hem ( a ) nature in hir ( 34 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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... night was come into that hostelrie Wel nine and twenty in a compagnie Of sondry folk , by aventure yfalle ( i ) In felawship , and pilgrimes were they alle , That toward Canterbury wolden ( k ) ride . The chambres and the stables weren ...
... night was come into that hostelrie Wel nine and twenty in a compagnie Of sondry folk , by aventure yfalle ( i ) In felawship , and pilgrimes were they alle , That toward Canterbury wolden ( k ) ride . The chambres and the stables weren ...
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... ) Arrow . ( n ) Armour for the arm . ( c ) Horse skirmishing . ( f ) Night- ( i ) Tackle . ( h ) It pleased him . ( 2 ) A bullet - head . ( m ) Knew . And on that other side a gaie daggère , Harneised ENGLISH POETRY . 37.
... ) Arrow . ( n ) Armour for the arm . ( c ) Horse skirmishing . ( f ) Night- ( i ) Tackle . ( h ) It pleased him . ( 2 ) A bullet - head . ( m ) Knew . And on that other side a gaie daggère , Harneised ENGLISH POETRY . 37.
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