Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1788 - English poetry |
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... wing . And , asked who thee forth did bring ? A shepeheard's swain say did thee sing , All as his straying flocke hé fedde : And when his Honor hath thee redde , Crave pardon for thy hardy - head . But if that any ask thy name , Say ...
... wing . And , asked who thee forth did bring ? A shepeheard's swain say did thee sing , All as his straying flocke hé fedde : And when his Honor hath thee redde , Crave pardon for thy hardy - head . But if that any ask thy name , Say ...
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... wings of purple and blue ; And were not that my sheep would stray , The privy marks I would bewray , Whereby by chaunce I him knew . WIL . Thomalin , have no care for - thy , My self will have a double eye , Ylike to my flock and thine ...
... wings of purple and blue ; And were not that my sheep would stray , The privy marks I would bewray , Whereby by chaunce I him knew . WIL . Thomalin , have no care for - thy , My self will have a double eye , Ylike to my flock and thine ...
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... , My courage earn'd it to awake , And manfully thereat shot : With that sprang forth a naked swain , With spotted wings like peacock's train , 80 And laughing lope to a tree ; His gilden quiver 20 THE SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR . MARCH .
... , My courage earn'd it to awake , And manfully thereat shot : With that sprang forth a naked swain , With spotted wings like peacock's train , 80 And laughing lope to a tree ; His gilden quiver 20 THE SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR . MARCH .
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... , And helms unbruzed wexen daily brown . There may thy Muse display her fluttering wing , And stretch her self at large from east to west ; Whither thou list in fair Eliza rest , Or if Gij THE SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR . OCT . 75.
... , And helms unbruzed wexen daily brown . There may thy Muse display her fluttering wing , And stretch her self at large from east to west ; Whither thou list in fair Eliza rest , Or if Gij THE SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR . OCT . 75.
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... wings of thine aspiring wit , And , whence thou cam'st , fly back to heaven apace . CUD . Ah ! Percy , it is all too weak and wan , 85 So high to sore and make so large a flight ; Her peeced pineons been not so in plight : For Colin ...
... wings of thine aspiring wit , And , whence thou cam'st , fly back to heaven apace . CUD . Ah ! Percy , it is all too weak and wan , 85 So high to sore and make so large a flight ; Her peeced pineons been not so in plight : For Colin ...
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Page 30 - Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day, Didst make thy triumph over death and sin; And, having harrowed hell, didst bring away Captivity thence captive, us to win...
Page 7 - For though he colours could devize at will, And eke his learned hand at pleasure guide, Least, trembling, it his workmanship should spill*, Yet many wondrous things there are beside: The sweet eye-glaunces, that like arrowes glide, The charming smiles, that rob sence from the hart, The lovely pleasance, and the lofty pride, Cannot expressed be by any art. A greater craftesmans hand thereto doth neede, That can expresse the life of things indeed.
Page 207 - I gained gifts and goodly grace Of that great lord, which therein wont to dwell, Whose want too well now feels my friendless case.
Page 215 - Why stand ye still ye virgins in amaze, Upon her so to gaze, Whiles ye forget your former lay to sing, To which the woods did answer, and your eccho ring?
Page 218 - ... light, When once the Crab behind his back he sees. But for this time it ill ordained was, To chose the longest day in all the yeare, And shortest night, when longest fitter weare: Yet never day so long, but late would passe.
Page 111 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Page 206 - At length they all to merry London came, To merry London, my most kindly nurse, That to me gave this life's first native source, Though from another place I take my name, An house of ancient fame ! There when they came, whereas those bricky towers The which on Thames...
Page 109 - How vainely then doe ydle wits invent, That beautie is nought else but mixture made Of colours faire, and goodly temp'rament Of pure complexions, that shall quickly fade And passe away, like to a sommers...
Page 30 - I all weary had the chase forsook, The gentle deer returned the self-same way, Thinking to quench her thirst at the next brook: There she, beholding me with milder look, Sought not to fly, but fearless still did bide; Till I in hand her yet half trembling took, And with her own good-will her firmly tied. Strange thing, meseemed, to see a beast so wild, So goodly won, with her own will beguiled.
Page 218 - With Barnaby the bright, From whence declining daily by degrees, He somewhat loseth of his heat and light, When once the Crab behind his back he sees.