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Page 43
At last she chanced by good hap to meet A goodly knight , fair marching by the
way , Together with his squire , arrayed meet : His glittering armour shined far
away , Like glancing light of Phæbus ' brightest ray ; From top to toe no place ...
At last she chanced by good hap to meet A goodly knight , fair marching by the
way , Together with his squire , arrayed meet : His glittering armour shined far
away , Like glancing light of Phæbus ' brightest ray ; From top to toe no place ...
Page 84
I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late
wassailers ; yet oh , where else Shall I inform my unacquainted feet , In the blind
mazes of this tangled wood ? My brothers , when they saw me wearied out With
this long ...
I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late
wassailers ; yet oh , where else Shall I inform my unacquainted feet , In the blind
mazes of this tangled wood ? My brothers , when they saw me wearied out With
this long ...
Page 89
TO MR . LAWRENCE . Lawrence , of virtuous father , virtuous soli , Now that the
fields are dank , and ways are mire , Where shall we sometimes meet , and by the
fire Help waste a sullen day , what may be won From the hard season gaining ?
TO MR . LAWRENCE . Lawrence , of virtuous father , virtuous soli , Now that the
fields are dank , and ways are mire , Where shall we sometimes meet , and by the
fire Help waste a sullen day , what may be won From the hard season gaining ?
Page 95
No more shall nation against nation rise , Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful
eyes , Nor fields with gleaming steel be covered o ' er , The brazen trumpets
kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend , And the broad
...
No more shall nation against nation rise , Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful
eyes , Nor fields with gleaming steel be covered o ' er , The brazen trumpets
kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend , And the broad
...
Page 124
... unfolds : for him , the hand Of autumn tinges every fertile branch With blooming
gold , and blushes like the morn , Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings
; And still new beauties meet his lonely walk , And loves unfelt attract him .
... unfolds : for him , the hand Of autumn tinges every fertile branch With blooming
gold , and blushes like the morn , Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings
; And still new beauties meet his lonely walk , And loves unfelt attract him .
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets, with a Few Introductory Observations |
| Author | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1857 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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