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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... sometimes led to those new and happy combinations of words , to those picturesque compound epithets , and glowing metaphors , of which succeeding writers , particularly Shakspeare and Spenser , so ably avail- ed themselves . The ...
... sometimes led to those new and happy combinations of words , to those picturesque compound epithets , and glowing metaphors , of which succeeding writers , particularly Shakspeare and Spenser , so ably avail- ed themselves . The ...
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... sometimes enlivened by wit , was principally composed of vulgar and scurrilous in- vective . For his buffooneries in the pulpit , and his satirical ballads against the mendicants , he is said to have been severely censured , and perhaps ...
... sometimes enlivened by wit , was principally composed of vulgar and scurrilous in- vective . For his buffooneries in the pulpit , and his satirical ballads against the mendicants , he is said to have been severely censured , and perhaps ...
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... sometimes in couplets , frequently several in succession . In fact the two styles seem to have little resemblance , except in their tendency to introduce a bad taste among readers , who ought to be preserved from it by a liberal and ...
... sometimes in couplets , frequently several in succession . In fact the two styles seem to have little resemblance , except in their tendency to introduce a bad taste among readers , who ought to be preserved from it by a liberal and ...
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... sometimes grave and sententious , some- times satirical and humorous , but never losing sight of his principal object , which is the overthrow of popery . The most impressive passage in the whole work is that chapter in the fourth book ...
... sometimes grave and sententious , some- times satirical and humorous , but never losing sight of his principal object , which is the overthrow of popery . The most impressive passage in the whole work is that chapter in the fourth book ...
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... sometime , her ancient seat ; The western isle , whose pleasant shore doth face I Wild Camber's cliffs , first gave her lively heat . Foster'd she was with milk of Irish breast ; Her sire , an earl ; her dame , of princes ' blood : So ...
... sometime , her ancient seat ; The western isle , whose pleasant shore doth face I Wild Camber's cliffs , first gave her lively heat . Foster'd she was with milk of Irish breast ; Her sire , an earl ; her dame , of princes ' blood : So ...
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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.