Kentish Poets: A Series of Writers in English Poetry, Natives of Or Residents in the County of Kent; with Specimens of Their Compositions, and Some Account of Their Lives and Writings, Volumes 1-2G. Wood, 1821 - Authors, English |
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... light fresh to me : But since I climb'd the top bough of the tree , And sought to build my nest among the clouds , Each gentle stirring gale doth shake my bed , And make me dread my downfal to the earth . But whither doth contemplation ...
... light fresh to me : But since I climb'd the top bough of the tree , And sought to build my nest among the clouds , Each gentle stirring gale doth shake my bed , And make me dread my downfal to the earth . But whither doth contemplation ...
Page xv
... light . Barnes . I have heard it told , that once a traveller Being in the hands of him that murdered him , Told him , the fern that then grew in the place , If nothing else , yet that would sure reveal him : And seven years after ...
... light . Barnes . I have heard it told , that once a traveller Being in the hands of him that murdered him , Told him , the fern that then grew in the place , If nothing else , yet that would sure reveal him : And seven years after ...
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... light and trifling , he might reply , if there were not a tinge of vanity it , in the words of the poet , - " " neque semper arcum Tendit APOLLO : " . he has , however , another quotation at hand , XVIII INTRODUCTION .
... light and trifling , he might reply , if there were not a tinge of vanity it , in the words of the poet , - " " neque semper arcum Tendit APOLLO : " . he has , however , another quotation at hand , XVIII INTRODUCTION .
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... light shone on the earth apace : That while they brought about the nightis chair , * The dark had dimmed the day ... Lights . That , musing on this worldly wealth in thought , THOMAS SACKVILLE , EARL OF DORSET . 51.
... light shone on the earth apace : That while they brought about the nightis chair , * The dark had dimmed the day ... Lights . That , musing on this worldly wealth in thought , THOMAS SACKVILLE , EARL OF DORSET . 51.
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... light even peeping in our eyes , Than he is up , and to his work y - run ; But let the night's black misty mantles rise , And with foul dark never so much disguise The fair bright day , yet ceaseth he no while , But hath his candles to ...
... light even peeping in our eyes , Than he is up , and to his work y - run ; But let the night's black misty mantles rise , And with foul dark never so much disguise The fair bright day , yet ceaseth he no while , But hath his candles to ...
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Page 192 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 249 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will, Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill!
Page 61 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 23 - And wilt thou leave me thus ? Say nay ! say nay ! And wilt thou leave me thus, That hath loved thee so long In wealth and woe among : And is thy heart so strong As for to leave me thus ? Say nay ! say nay...
Page 147 - Shepherds, weep no more ! For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 184 - At cards for kisses — Cupid paid; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lip, the rose Growing on's cheek (but none knows how), With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin; All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes, She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this to thee? What shall, alas! become of me? THE SONGS OF BIRDS What bird so sings, yet...
Page 21 - Now cease, my lute, this is the last Labour, that thou and I shall waste; And ended is that we begun : Now is this song both sung and past; My lute, be still, for I have done.
Page 250 - Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill! Whose passions not his masters...
Page 246 - Nature seem'd in love: The lusty sap began to move; Fresh juice did stir th' embracing vines, And birds had drawn their valentines, The jealous Trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well dissembled fly; There stood my friend with patient skill, Attending of his trembling quill.
Page 215 - ... the wood, That warble forth Dame Nature's lays, Thinking your passions understood By your weak accents; what's your praise, When Philomel her voice shall raise? You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own, What are you, when the Rose is blown? So when my Mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not designed Th' eclipse and glory...