English Lyric Poetry, 1500-1700Frederic Ives Carpenter |
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... Poor layman I , for sacred rites unfit . Some do I hear of poets ' fury tell , But , God wot , wot not what they mean by it ; And this I swear by blackest brook of hell , I am no pick - purse of another's wit . How falls it then , that ...
... Poor layman I , for sacred rites unfit . Some do I hear of poets ' fury tell , But , God wot , wot not what they mean by it ; And this I swear by blackest brook of hell , I am no pick - purse of another's wit . How falls it then , that ...
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... poor , though much they have , And I am rich with little store ; They poor , I rich ; they beg , I give ; They lack , I leave ; they pine , I live . I laugh not at another's loss ; I grudge not at another's pain ; No worldly waves my ...
... poor , though much they have , And I am rich with little store ; They poor , I rich ; they beg , I give ; They lack , I leave ; they pine , I live . I laugh not at another's loss ; I grudge not at another's pain ; No worldly waves my ...
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... Poor robin redbreast tunes his note ; Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing , Cuckoo , to welcome in the spring ; Cuckoo , to welcome in the spring ! HYMN TO APOLLO . NG to Apollo , god of day , SING Whose golden beams with morning play , And ...
... Poor robin redbreast tunes his note ; Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing , Cuckoo , to welcome in the spring ; Cuckoo , to welcome in the spring ! HYMN TO APOLLO . NG to Apollo , god of day , SING Whose golden beams with morning play , And ...
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... Poor soul that thinks no creature harm . Thou little think'st and less dost know The cause of this thy mother's moan ; Thou want'st the wit to wail her woe , And I myself am all alone ; Why dost thou weep , why dost thou wail , And know ...
... Poor soul that thinks no creature harm . Thou little think'st and less dost know The cause of this thy mother's moan ; Thou want'st the wit to wail her woe , And I myself am all alone ; Why dost thou weep , why dost thou wail , And know ...
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... poor and plain his diet , Yet merry it is , and quiet . LOVE'S PERFECTIONS . This and the following piece are translations from the Italian , and appear in Yonge's Musica Transalpina , 1588 , reprinted in Arber's Garner , vol . iii ...
... poor and plain his diet , Yet merry it is , and quiet . LOVE'S PERFECTIONS . This and the following piece are translations from the Italian , and appear in Yonge's Musica Transalpina , 1588 , reprinted in Arber's Garner , vol . iii ...
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A. B. Grosart beauty beauty's Ben Jonson birds blessed bliss Book of Airs bower breath bright bring the day Campion Castara Chorus clouds cuckoo dance dear death delight divine Donne dost doth E. K. Chambers earth echo ring edited Elizabethan England's Helicon EPITHALAMIUM eyes fair fairy fear flowers golden grace green Grosart grove H. F. Lyte happy Hark hath hear heart heaven heavenly honour Hymen HYMN king kiss Laius leave light live look Lord Love's lovers Lullaby lyric lyric poetry Madrigals Masque merrily merry mind ne'er never night nightingale nymphs o'er pleasure Poems poetic poetry Poets praise queen reprinted roses shepherd shine sigh sing sleep smile song SONNET sorrow soul spring stars Sweet Phosphor Sweet Spirit sweetly tears thee thine things thou art Thou hast Trilla unto verse W. C. Ward wanton weep Whilst wind youth
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Page 223 - TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, — That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not honour more.
Page 85 - Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid ; Fly away, fly away, breath ; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it ! My part of death, no one so true Did share it.
Page 190 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what, though rare, of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, O sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower ! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes, as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek...
Page 149 - 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 226 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Page 88 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste...
Page 89 - gainst his glory fight, And Time that gave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty's brow, Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow.
Page 150 - Who God doth late and early pray More of His grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Page 85 - He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone ; At his head a grass-green turf, At his heels a stone.
Page 81 - Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby ; lulla, lulla, lullaby ; Never harm, nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh; So, good night, with lullaby.