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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... fall , That suddenly my heart became her thrall For ever ; of free will ; for of menace Ther was no token in her sweete face , XXIII . And in my head I drew right hastily ; And [ then ] eft - soons I lean'd it out again : And saw her ...
... fall , That suddenly my heart became her thrall For ever ; of free will ; for of menace Ther was no token in her sweete face , XXIII . And in my head I drew right hastily ; And [ then ] eft - soons I lean'd it out again : And saw her ...
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... fall ( a ) Wisdom . treasure , & c . ( b ) A - fore , before . ( c ) Merchandize , ( d ) Thou canst enjoy all the remainder ( e ) No longer than a sound . only with bale , or sorrow . ( f ) Possessions . But meat , drink , clothes , and ...
... fall ( a ) Wisdom . treasure , & c . ( b ) A - fore , before . ( c ) Merchandize , ( d ) Thou canst enjoy all the remainder ( e ) No longer than a sound . only with bale , or sorrow . ( f ) Possessions . But meat , drink , clothes , and ...
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... fall of Peers as in this realm had be , ( a ) That oft I wish'd some would their woes descrive , To warn the rest whom fortune left alive . GEORGE GASCOIGNE . BORN ABOUT 1535 - DIED ABOUT 1578 . GASCOIGNE , an English poet of some ...
... fall of Peers as in this realm had be , ( a ) That oft I wish'd some would their woes descrive , To warn the rest whom fortune left alive . GEORGE GASCOIGNE . BORN ABOUT 1535 - DIED ABOUT 1578 . GASCOIGNE , an English poet of some ...
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... fall ; The waters fall with difference discreet , Now soft , now loud , unto the wind did call ; The gentle warbling wind low answered to all . There , whence that musick semed heard to bee , Was the faire witch herselfe now solacing ...
... fall ; The waters fall with difference discreet , Now soft , now loud , unto the wind did call ; The gentle warbling wind low answered to all . There , whence that musick semed heard to bee , Was the faire witch herselfe now solacing ...
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... falls away ! So passeth , in the passing of a day , Of mortall life the leafe , the bud , the flowre ; Ne more doth florish after first decay , That earst was sought to deck both bed and bowre Of many a lady , and many a paramowre ...
... falls away ! So passeth , in the passing of a day , Of mortall life the leafe , the bud , the flowre ; Ne more doth florish after first decay , That earst was sought to deck both bed and bowre Of many a lady , and many a paramowre ...
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