Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language;Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row., 1811 - English poetry |
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... art some glistering star did shine , Who , worthy scholars to the Muses sage , Fulfill'd their countries with their ... thou triumphs o'er Petrarch's proper name ! Signed " J. Rex . " [ 7 ] 66 ROBERT BURTON , 66 Otherwise known [ 6 ]
... art some glistering star did shine , Who , worthy scholars to the Muses sage , Fulfill'd their countries with their ... thou triumphs o'er Petrarch's proper name ! Signed " J. Rex . " [ 7 ] 66 ROBERT BURTON , 66 Otherwise known [ 6 ]
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... thou all their art hast found . There sitting they admire thy dainty strains , And , while thy sadder accent sweetly plains , Feel thousand sugar'd joys creep in their melting veins . How oft have I , the Muses ' bower frequenting ...
... thou all their art hast found . There sitting they admire thy dainty strains , And , while thy sadder accent sweetly plains , Feel thousand sugar'd joys creep in their melting veins . How oft have I , the Muses ' bower frequenting ...
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... thou art wont to show , With feigned solace ease a true - felt wo ! Or if , deaf god , thou do deny that grace , Come as thou wilt , and what thou wilt bequeath ! I long to kiss the image of my death . SONNET . [ To his Lute . ] 2 My ...
... thou art wont to show , With feigned solace ease a true - felt wo ! Or if , deaf god , thou do deny that grace , Come as thou wilt , and what thou wilt bequeath ! I long to kiss the image of my death . SONNET . [ To his Lute . ] 2 My ...
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... Thou art the same which still thou wert 3 before ; Delicious , lusty , amiable , fair : But she whose breath embalm'd thy wholesome air Is gone ! nor gold nor gems can her 5 restore . Neglected Virtue ! seasons go and come , When thine ...
... Thou art the same which still thou wert 3 before ; Delicious , lusty , amiable , fair : But she whose breath embalm'd thy wholesome air Is gone ! nor gold nor gems can her 5 restore . Neglected Virtue ! seasons go and come , When thine ...
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... art in love , Wantons can but wantons move . Phil'arete to his Mistress . [ From 18 stanzas . ] HAIL , thou fairest of all creatures Upon whom the sun doth shine ! Model of all rarest features , And perfections most divine ! Thrice ...
... art in love , Wantons can but wantons move . Phil'arete to his Mistress . [ From 18 stanzas . ] HAIL , thou fairest of all creatures Upon whom the sun doth shine ! Model of all rarest features , And perfections most divine ! Thrice ...
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