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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... joys to this are folly , Nought so sweet as melancholy . When I lie waking , all alone , Recounting what I have ill done , My thoughts on me then tyrannise , Fear and sorrow me surprise ; Whether I tarry still , or go , Methinks the ...
... joys to this are folly , Nought so sweet as melancholy . When I lie waking , all alone , Recounting what I have ill done , My thoughts on me then tyrannise , Fear and sorrow me surprise ; Whether I tarry still , or go , Methinks the ...
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... joys to this are folly , None so sweet as melancholy . Methinks I hear , methinks I see Ghosts , goblins , fiends : -my fantasy Presents a thousand ugly shapes , Headless bears , black men , and apes . Doleful outcries , and fearful ...
... joys to this are folly , None so sweet as melancholy . Methinks I hear , methinks I see Ghosts , goblins , fiends : -my fantasy Presents a thousand ugly shapes , Headless bears , black men , and apes . Doleful outcries , and fearful ...
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... joys are gone , Fear , discontent , and sorrows come . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so fierce as ... joy , than still to laugh and smile , 8 REIGN OF JAMES I.
... joys are gone , Fear , discontent , and sorrows come . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so fierce as ... joy , than still to laugh and smile , 8 REIGN OF JAMES I.
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... joy , than still to laugh and smile , In pleasant toys time to beguile ? Do not , O do not trouble me , So sweet content I feel and see . All my joys to this are folly , None so divine as melancholy . I'll change my state with any ...
... joy , than still to laugh and smile , In pleasant toys time to beguile ? Do not , O do not trouble me , So sweet content I feel and see . All my joys to this are folly , None so divine as melancholy . I'll change my state with any ...
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... joy , the end is smart . Yet try she will , and prick some bare ; Her hands were glov'd , and next to hand Was that fair breast , that breast so rare , That made the shepherd senseless stand . That breast she prick'd , and through that ...
... joy , the end is smart . Yet try she will , and prick some bare ; Her hands were glov'd , and next to hand Was that fair breast , that breast so rare , That made the shepherd senseless stand . That breast she prick'd , and through that ...
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