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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... grace , That all is work , and no where space . It is a sweet delicious morn , Where day is breeding , never born ; It is a meadow yet unshorn , Which thousand flowers do adorn . It is the heaven's bright reflex , Weak eyes to dazzle ...
... grace , That all is work , and no where space . It is a sweet delicious morn , Where day is breeding , never born ; It is a meadow yet unshorn , Which thousand flowers do adorn . It is the heaven's bright reflex , Weak eyes to dazzle ...
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... grace- Where thou didst haunt , yet I adore the ground ! And where thou stept - O sacred seems that place ! My solitary walks , my widow'd bed , My dreary sighs , my sheets oft bath'd with tears , These shall record what life by me is ...
... grace- Where thou didst haunt , yet I adore the ground ! And where thou stept - O sacred seems that place ! My solitary walks , my widow'd bed , My dreary sighs , my sheets oft bath'd with tears , These shall record what life by me is ...
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... grace And nymphs had their abiding ; Here as I staid , I saw a maid , A beauteous lovely creature ; With angel face , and goddess ' grace , Of such exceeding feature : Her looks did so astonish me , And set my 40.
... grace And nymphs had their abiding ; Here as I staid , I saw a maid , A beauteous lovely creature ; With angel face , and goddess ' grace , Of such exceeding feature : Her looks did so astonish me , And set my 40.
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... who cannot be thy guest . 2 bespangle with bright gold . " 5 " spares . " every thing save her who all should grace . " 1 66 stormy . " 866 4.66 with grief . " VOL . III . F Since I am thine , oh , come ; but WILLIAM DRUMMOND . 65.
... who cannot be thy guest . 2 bespangle with bright gold . " 5 " spares . " every thing save her who all should grace . " 1 66 stormy . " 866 4.66 with grief . " VOL . III . F Since I am thine , oh , come ; but WILLIAM DRUMMOND . 65.
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... grace , Come as thou wilt , and what thou wilt bequeath ! I long to kiss the image of my death . SONNET . [ To his Lute . ] My lute , be as thou wert ' , when thou did2 grow With thy green mother in some shady grove , When immelodious ...
... grace , Come as thou wilt , and what thou wilt bequeath ! I long to kiss the image of my death . SONNET . [ To his Lute . ] My lute , be as thou wert ' , when thou did2 grow With thy green mother in some shady grove , When immelodious ...
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