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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... fire , False beauty's thrall , That binds desire : All these I offer to Disdain , By whom I live from fancy free ; With vow , that if I love again , My life the sacrifice shall be . STREPHON'S PALINODE . SWEET , I do not pardon crave [ 13 ]
... fire , False beauty's thrall , That binds desire : All these I offer to Disdain , By whom I live from fancy free ; With vow , that if I love again , My life the sacrifice shall be . STREPHON'S PALINODE . SWEET , I do not pardon crave [ 13 ]
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... not , need not more afflict me : Nor your sweet tongue , dipt in gall , Need at all From your presence interdict me . By my love , long , firm , and true , Borne to you , By these tears my grief expressing , By this pipe [ 14 ]
... not , need not more afflict me : Nor your sweet tongue , dipt in gall , Need at all From your presence interdict me . By my love , long , firm , and true , Borne to you , By these tears my grief expressing , By this pipe [ 14 ]
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... sweet nymph , try not the shaft , Each little touch will prick the heart ; Alas ! thou know'st not Cupid's craft , Revenge is joy , the end is smart . Yet try she will , and prick some bare , Her hands were glov'd , and next to hand Was ...
... sweet nymph , try not the shaft , Each little touch will prick the heart ; Alas ! thou know'st not Cupid's craft , Revenge is joy , the end is smart . Yet try she will , and prick some bare , Her hands were glov'd , and next to hand Was ...
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... sweet delicious morn Where day is breeding , never born : It is a meadow yet unshorn , Which thousand flowers do adorn . It is the heaven's bright reflex , Weak eyes to dazzle and to vex ; It is th ' idea of her sex Envy of whom doth ...
... sweet delicious morn Where day is breeding , never born : It is a meadow yet unshorn , Which thousand flowers do adorn . It is the heaven's bright reflex , Weak eyes to dazzle and to vex ; It is th ' idea of her sex Envy of whom doth ...
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... Sweet air blow soft , mount larks aloft , To give my love good - morrow . Wings from the wind to please her mind , Notes from the lark I'll borrow ; Bird prune thy wing , nightingale sing , To give my love good - morrow , To give my ...
... Sweet air blow soft , mount larks aloft , To give my love good - morrow . Wings from the wind to please her mind , Notes from the lark I'll borrow ; Bird prune thy wing , nightingale sing , To give my love good - morrow , To give my ...
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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