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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... perhaps an occasional writer of poetry ; * and though his skill in the art be rather problematical , his taste for it is fully evinced by the almost universal practice of his courtiers . Accordingly , this reign forms a marked epocha in ...
... perhaps an occasional writer of poetry ; * and though his skill in the art be rather problematical , his taste for it is fully evinced by the almost universal practice of his courtiers . Accordingly , this reign forms a marked epocha in ...
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... perhaps , be matter of surprize , that the style of this poet was not . sooner adopted as a model by our writers of love - songs , because the manners of chivalry had , in the very infancy of our literature , blended the tender passion ...
... perhaps , be matter of surprize , that the style of this poet was not . sooner adopted as a model by our writers of love - songs , because the manners of chivalry had , in the very infancy of our literature , blended the tender passion ...
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... mendicants , he is said to have been severely censured , and perhaps suspended , by the bishop of Norwich . But Skelton was incorrigible . Whether he trusted to an imaginary ascendency [ 5 ] Reign of Henry VIII continued · 41.
... mendicants , he is said to have been severely censured , and perhaps suspended , by the bishop of Norwich . But Skelton was incorrigible . Whether he trusted to an imaginary ascendency [ 5 ] Reign of Henry VIII continued · 41.
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... perhaps to be classed among the poets of this reign . One of his small pieces of poetry , composed in his youth , and preserved in his works ( the merry Fest of the Serjeant and Frere ) may possibly have suggested to the late Mr. Cowper ...
... perhaps to be classed among the poets of this reign . One of his small pieces of poetry , composed in his youth , and preserved in his works ( the merry Fest of the Serjeant and Frere ) may possibly have suggested to the late Mr. Cowper ...
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... perhaps be worth while to extract the three following specimens , which are in Heywood's very best manner . An old Wife's Boon . In old world , when old wives bitterly pray'd , One , devoutly , as by way of a boon , Ask'd vengeance on ...
... perhaps be worth while to extract the three following specimens , which are in Heywood's very best manner . An old Wife's Boon . In old world , when old wives bitterly pray'd , One , devoutly , as by way of a boon , Ask'd vengeance on ...
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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.