Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, Volume 31801 |
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... give my love good - morrow , To give my love good - morrow , Notes from them both I'll borrow . Wake from thy nest , Robin - red - breast , Sing birds in every furrow ; And from each hill , let music shrill , Give my fair love good ...
... give my love good - morrow , To give my love good - morrow , Notes from them both I'll borrow . Wake from thy nest , Robin - red - breast , Sing birds in every furrow ; And from each hill , let music shrill , Give my fair love good ...
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... give my love good - morrow , Sing birds in every furrow . SHEPHERD'S SONG . WE that have known no greater state Than this we live in , praise our fate : For courtly silks in cares are spent , When country's russet breeds content . The ...
... give my love good - morrow , Sing birds in every furrow . SHEPHERD'S SONG . WE that have known no greater state Than this we live in , praise our fate : For courtly silks in cares are spent , When country's russet breeds content . The ...
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... Death , that in thy wrath didst take One half of me , and left an half behind , Take this to thee , or give me th ' other back , Be altogether cruel , or all kind : For whilst I live , thou canst not wholly die- [ 26 ]
... Death , that in thy wrath didst take One half of me , and left an half behind , Take this to thee , or give me th ' other back , Be altogether cruel , or all kind : For whilst I live , thou canst not wholly die- [ 26 ]
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... give nought except the grave ? SONG . [ From the Aurora . ] O WOULD to God a way were found , That by some secret sympathy unknown , My fair my fancy's depth might sound , And know my state as clearly as her own ! Then blest , most ...
... give nought except the grave ? SONG . [ From the Aurora . ] O WOULD to God a way were found , That by some secret sympathy unknown , My fair my fancy's depth might sound , And know my state as clearly as her own ! Then blest , most ...
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... give a triumph to their love ; They staid at last , and on the grass Reposed so , as o'er his breast She bow'd her gracious head to rest , Such a weight as no burthen was . Long their fix'd eyes to heaven bent , Unchanged , they did ...
... give a triumph to their love ; They staid at last , and on the grass Reposed so , as o'er his breast She bow'd her gracious head to rest , Such a weight as no burthen was . Long their fix'd eyes to heaven bent , Unchanged , they did ...
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Admet Anon Beaumont and Fletcher beauty beauty's birds blush born breast breath Carew CASTARA Celia Charles II chaste cheek Chloris court Cupid dear death delight died disdain dost doth earth Edgar Atheling English eyes face fair fancy fate fear flame flowers folly FRANCIS BEAUMONT grace Greensleeves grief happy hath hear heart heaven hope Isaac Walton John Hall joys Julius Cæsar king kiss Laius language lips live lord lov'd love's lover maid MATTHEW STEVENSON melancholy miscellany mistress morn muse ne'er never night nymph o'er Oxford pain is love passion Phillis Picts pleasure poems poet poetry pride printed Prithee reign rose Saxon scorn Shakspeare shew sigh sing smile SONG SONNET sorrow soul specimen spring stanzas swain sweet taste tears tell thee thine thing thou art thought wanton Whilst wind wings wouldest not love youth