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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... ” ] WHEN I go musing all alone , Thinking of divers things foreknown , When I build castles in the air , Void of sorrow , and void of fear , Pleasing myself with phantasms sweet , Methinks the time runs ROBERT BURTON . 5.
... ” ] WHEN I go musing all alone , Thinking of divers things foreknown , When I build castles in the air , Void of sorrow , and void of fear , Pleasing myself with phantasms sweet , Methinks the time runs ROBERT BURTON . 5.
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... Fear and sorrow me surprise ; Whether I tarry still , or go , Methinks the time moves very slow . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so sad as melancholy . When to myself I act , and smile , With pleasing thoughts the time beguile ...
... Fear and sorrow me surprise ; Whether I tarry still , or go , Methinks the time moves very slow . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so sad as melancholy . When to myself I act , and smile , With pleasing thoughts the time beguile ...
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... Fear , discontent , and sorrows come . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so fierce as melancholy . I'll not change life with any king ; I ravish'd am ! can the world bring More joy , than still to laugh and smile , 8 REIGN OF ...
... Fear , discontent , and sorrows come . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so fierce as melancholy . I'll not change life with any king ; I ravish'd am ! can the world bring More joy , than still to laugh and smile , 8 REIGN OF ...
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... fears , And try them on herself she will . Take heed , sweet nymph , try not thy shaft ! Each little touch will prick the heart ; Alas ! thou know'st not Cupid's craft , Revenge is joy , the end is smart . Yet try she will , and prick ...
... fears , And try them on herself she will . Take heed , sweet nymph , try not thy shaft ! Each little touch will prick the heart ; Alas ! thou know'st not Cupid's craft , Revenge is joy , the end is smart . Yet try she will , and prick ...
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... fear so fair a hand . There be , who our delights despise As shadows , and vain fantasies . Those sons of earth , enthrall'd to sense , Condemn what is our excellence . The air , immortal souls , the skies , The angels in their ...
... fear so fair a hand . There be , who our delights despise As shadows , and vain fantasies . Those sons of earth , enthrall'd to sense , Condemn what is our excellence . The air , immortal souls , the skies , The angels in their ...
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