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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... praise ! So lofty Petrarch his renown did blaze In tongue Italic , in a sugar'd style , And to the circled skies his name did raise : For he , by poems that he did compile , Led in triùmph Love , Chastness , Death , and Fame : But thou ...
... praise ! So lofty Petrarch his renown did blaze In tongue Italic , in a sugar'd style , And to the circled skies his name did raise : For he , by poems that he did compile , Led in triùmph Love , Chastness , Death , and Fame : But thou ...
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... praise , Pity me my fault confessing . Or , if I may not 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 ...
... praise , Pity me my fault confessing . Or , if I may not 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 ...
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... Praise the Lord with all your powers ! Angels , your clear voices raise ! Him you heavenly armies praise ! Sun , and moon with borrow'd light , All you sparkling eyes of night , Waters hanging in the air , Heaven of heavens , his praise ...
... Praise the Lord with all your powers ! Angels , your clear voices raise ! Him you heavenly armies praise ! Sun , and moon with borrow'd light , All you sparkling eyes of night , Waters hanging in the air , Heaven of heavens , his praise ...
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... Praise his name with one consent : O how great ! how excellent ! * Urania to the Queen . [ Prefixed to his " Translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses . " ] THE Muses by your favour blest , Fair queen , invite you to their feast . The Graces ...
... Praise his name with one consent : O how great ! how excellent ! * Urania to the Queen . [ Prefixed to his " Translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses . " ] THE Muses by your favour blest , Fair queen , invite you to their feast . The Graces ...
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... praise Of nuptial loves , of peaceful days . Nymph , take this quiver and this bow- Diana such , in shape and show ; When with her star - like train she crowns Eurotas ' banks , or Cynthus ' downs . There chace the Calydonian boar ...
... praise Of nuptial loves , of peaceful days . Nymph , take this quiver and this bow- Diana such , in shape and show ; When with her star - like train she crowns Eurotas ' banks , or Cynthus ' downs . There chace the Calydonian boar ...
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