Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, with a Biography of Each Poet, &c, Volume 3H. Washbourne, 1845 - English poetry |
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... desire to be alone ; ' Tis my Ne'er well , but when my thoughts and I Do domineer in privacy . No gem , no treasure like to this , " Tis my delight , my crown , my bliss . All my joys to this are folly , Nought so sweet as melancholy ...
... desire to be alone ; ' Tis my Ne'er well , but when my thoughts and I Do domineer in privacy . No gem , no treasure like to this , " Tis my delight , my crown , my bliss . All my joys to this are folly , Nought so sweet as melancholy ...
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... Desires Government . WHERE Wit is over - rul'd by Will , And Will is led by fond desire , There Reason were as good be still , As speaking , kindle greater fire . For where Desire doth bear the sway , The heart must rule , the head obey ...
... Desires Government . WHERE Wit is over - rul'd by Will , And Will is led by fond desire , There Reason were as good be still , As speaking , kindle greater fire . For where Desire doth bear the sway , The heart must rule , the head obey ...
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... Desire as king doth reign . An Altar and Sacrifice to Disdain , for freeing him from Love . My Muse , by thee ... Desire of change , And last of all Blind Fancy's fire , False Beauty's thrall , That binds Desire : * All these I offer to ...
... Desire as king doth reign . An Altar and Sacrifice to Disdain , for freeing him from Love . My Muse , by thee ... Desire of change , And last of all Blind Fancy's fire , False Beauty's thrall , That binds Desire : * All these I offer to ...
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... desire , That your ire May with penance be suspended . Not my will , but fate did fetch Me , poor wretch , Into this unhappy error ; Which to plague , no tyrant's mind Pain can find Like my heart's self - guilty terror . Then , O then ...
... desire , That your ire May with penance be suspended . Not my will , but fate did fetch Me , poor wretch , Into this unhappy error ; Which to plague , no tyrant's mind Pain can find Like my heart's self - guilty terror . Then , O then ...
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... desire That your ire May with penance be suspended ; Yet , let me full pardon crave , When I have With soon death my fault amended . A Fiction how Cupid made a Nymph wound herself with his arrows 1 . Ir chanc'd of late a shepherd's ...
... desire That your ire May with penance be suspended ; Yet , let me full pardon crave , When I have With soon death my fault amended . A Fiction how Cupid made a Nymph wound herself with his arrows 1 . Ir chanc'd of late a shepherd's ...
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