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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... astarte ; * O brother mine , there is no more to saye ; Lowly beseeching with mine whole heart For to remember specially , I praye , If it - befall my little sonne to dye , That thou mayst after some mynd on us have , ENGLISH POETRY . 61.
... astarte ; * O brother mine , there is no more to saye ; Lowly beseeching with mine whole heart For to remember specially , I praye , If it - befall my little sonne to dye , That thou mayst after some mynd on us have , ENGLISH POETRY . 61.
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... thou mayst after some mynd on us have , Suffer us both be buried in one grave . I hold him strictly twene my armès twein , Thou and Nature laide on me this charge ; He , guiltless , mustè with me suffer paine , And , sith thou art at ...
... thou mayst after some mynd on us have , Suffer us both be buried in one grave . I hold him strictly twene my armès twein , Thou and Nature laide on me this charge ; He , guiltless , mustè with me suffer paine , And , sith thou art at ...
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... thou spends , Remenant ( d ) all thou brookest but with bales , Seek to solace when sadness thee assails , In dolour long thy life may not endure ; Wherefore of comfort set up all thy sails ; Without gladness availis no treasure . III ...
... thou spends , Remenant ( d ) all thou brookest but with bales , Seek to solace when sadness thee assails , In dolour long thy life may not endure ; Wherefore of comfort set up all thy sails ; Without gladness availis no treasure . III ...
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... hear thee woo . Doth she call the faith of men In question ? nay , she loves thee then ; And if e'er she makes a blot , She's lost if that thou hit'st her not . He that , after ten denials , Dares attempt no 146 SYDNEY . Sonnets.
... hear thee woo . Doth she call the faith of men In question ? nay , she loves thee then ; And if e'er she makes a blot , She's lost if that thou hit'st her not . He that , after ten denials , Dares attempt no 146 SYDNEY . Sonnets.
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... thou do so . Take thou of me smooth pillows , sweetest bed , A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light , A rosy garland and a weary head ; And if these things , as being thine by right , ( a ) Press , or crowd . Move not thy heavy ...
... thou do so . Take thou of me smooth pillows , sweetest bed , A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light , A rosy garland and a weary head ; And if these things , as being thine by right , ( a ) Press , or crowd . Move not thy heavy ...
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