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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... with pride , which great ambition blinds , Shall be unseal'd by worthy wights , whose fore- sight falsehood finds . ( a ) She was then near threescore ! The daughter of debate , that eke discord doth sow 118 QUEEN ELIZABETH . A Ditty.
... with pride , which great ambition blinds , Shall be unseal'd by worthy wights , whose fore- sight falsehood finds . ( a ) She was then near threescore ! The daughter of debate , that eke discord doth sow 118 QUEEN ELIZABETH . A Ditty.
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... sight reduced to my mind The sundry changes that in earth we find . That musing on this worldly wealth in thought , Which comes and goes more faster than we see The fleckering flame that with the fire is wrought , My busy mind presented ...
... sight reduced to my mind The sundry changes that in earth we find . That musing on this worldly wealth in thought , Which comes and goes more faster than we see The fleckering flame that with the fire is wrought , My busy mind presented ...
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... sight : In them the blinded god his lustfull fyre To kindle oft assayd , but had no might ; For , with dredd majestie and awfull yre , She broke his wanton darts , and quenched base desyre . Her yvorie forhead , full of bountie brave ...
... sight : In them the blinded god his lustfull fyre To kindle oft assayd , but had no might ; For , with dredd majestie and awfull yre , She broke his wanton darts , and quenched base desyre . Her yvorie forhead , full of bountie brave ...
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... sight ; And was yclad , for heat of scorching aire , All in a silken Camus lily white , Purfled upon with many a folded plight , Which all above besprinckled was throughout With golden aygulets , that glistred bright , Like twinckling ...
... sight ; And was yclad , for heat of scorching aire , All in a silken Camus lily white , Purfled upon with many a folded plight , Which all above besprinckled was throughout With golden aygulets , that glistred bright , Like twinckling ...
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... sight , As seeking medicine whence she was stong , Or greedily depasturing delight ; And oft inclining downe with kisses light , For feare of waking him , his lips bedewd , And through his humid eyes did sucke his spright , Quite molten ...
... sight , As seeking medicine whence she was stong , Or greedily depasturing delight ; And oft inclining downe with kisses light , For feare of waking him , his lips bedewd , And through his humid eyes did sucke his spright , Quite molten ...
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