Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language; in Three Volumes, Volume 2 |
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... natural question- Wat . How have the abbeys their payment ? Jeff . A new way they do invent , Letting a dozen farms under one ; Which one or two great francklyngs , ' Occupying a dozen mens ' livings , Take all in their own hands alone ...
... natural question- Wat . How have the abbeys their payment ? Jeff . A new way they do invent , Letting a dozen farms under one ; Which one or two great francklyngs , ' Occupying a dozen mens ' livings , Take all in their own hands alone ...
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... Nature's mantle lurking law . + But these beauties are merely incidental ; the poet's principal object being to instruct the king in the philosophy of that age , and above all to inspire him with a just sense of his regal duties . This ...
... Nature's mantle lurking law . + But these beauties are merely incidental ; the poet's principal object being to instruct the king in the philosophy of that age , and above all to inspire him with a just sense of his regal duties . This ...
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... natural son of Henry VIII . and , like Surrey , a youth of the highest expec- tations . They became warm friends ; studied together at Wolsey's college , in Oxford ; travelled into France ; and at Calais received Henry , on his visit to ...
... natural son of Henry VIII . and , like Surrey , a youth of the highest expec- tations . They became warm friends ; studied together at Wolsey's college , in Oxford ; travelled into France ; and at Calais received Henry , on his visit to ...
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... Nature's plaint ; When she had lost the perfite mould , The like to whom she could not paint : With wringing hands how she did cry ! And what she said , I know it , I. I know she swore with raging mind , Her kingdom only set apart ...
... Nature's plaint ; When she had lost the perfite mould , The like to whom she could not paint : With wringing hands how she did cry ! And what she said , I know it , I. I know she swore with raging mind , Her kingdom only set apart ...
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... beauty met ; Happy , alas ! too happy , but for foes ; Lived and ran the race that Nature set ; Of manhood's shape where she the mold did Jose . *** 1 Affection . Description of the restless state of a lover , with 64 LORD SURREY .
... beauty met ; Happy , alas ! too happy , but for foes ; Lived and ran the race that Nature set ; Of manhood's shape where she the mold did Jose . *** 1 Affection . Description of the restless state of a lover , with 64 LORD SURREY .
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Page 387 - DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 220 - Time drives the flocks from field to fold When rivers rage and rocks grow cold, And Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall.
Page 334 - Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who, in their greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending. And if they make reply, Then give them all the lie.
Page 220 - A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten: In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee, and be thy love.
Page 355 - Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly -were forsworn ; And those eyes, the break of day. Lights that do mislead the morn.
Page 351 - ... the great, Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe, and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak : The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust.
Page 358 - But if Fortune once do frown, Then farewell his great renown; They that fawn'd on him before Use his company no more. He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need: If thou sorrow, he will weep; If thou wake, he cannot sleep; Thus of every grief in heart He with thee doth bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe.
Page 189 - I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare, go bare; Both foot and hand go cold; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old.
Page 351 - Under the Greenwood Tree Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i...
Page 199 - The lopped tree in time may grow again, Most naked plants renew both fruit and flower; The sorriest wight may find release of pain, The driest soil suck in some moistening shower : Time goes by turns, and chances change by course, From foul to fair, from better hap to worse.