Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Edwards, 1790 - 323 pages |
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Page 7
... She may be well compared Unto the Phenix kind , Whose like was never seen or heard , That any man can find . In life she is Diana chaste , In truth Penelope , In word and eke in deed ftedfaft , What will ANONYMOUS . 7.
... She may be well compared Unto the Phenix kind , Whose like was never seen or heard , That any man can find . In life she is Diana chaste , In truth Penelope , In word and eke in deed ftedfaft , What will ANONYMOUS . 7.
Page 43
... whose body is Writ each character of bliss ; Whofe face all , all beauty paffeth , Save thy mind , which that furpaffeth ; Grant - O grant - but speech , alas ! Fails me , fearing on to pass- Grant , O dear , on knees I pray , ( Knees ...
... whose body is Writ each character of bliss ; Whofe face all , all beauty paffeth , Save thy mind , which that furpaffeth ; Grant - O grant - but speech , alas ! Fails me , fearing on to pass- Grant , O dear , on knees I pray , ( Knees ...
Page 56
... Whose short refresh upon the tender green , Cheers for a time , but till the fun doth fhew , And straight ' tis gone as it had never been . Soon doth it fade that makes the fairest flourish , Short is the glory of the blushing rofe ...
... Whose short refresh upon the tender green , Cheers for a time , but till the fun doth fhew , And straight ' tis gone as it had never been . Soon doth it fade that makes the fairest flourish , Short is the glory of the blushing rofe ...
Page 67
... whose will All things are bounden to obey , For all his wit and worthy skill , Doth fade at length , and fall away . There is nothing but time doth waste , The heav'ns , the earth , confume at last . But virtue fits triumphing still ...
... whose will All things are bounden to obey , For all his wit and worthy skill , Doth fade at length , and fall away . There is nothing but time doth waste , The heav'ns , the earth , confume at last . But virtue fits triumphing still ...
Page 77
... differ'd both in shape and show , Though all were green , yet difference fuch in green , Like to the checker'd bent of Iris ' bow , Prided the running main , as it had been →→ LORD BROOK . I , WITH whose colours Myra drest 1 MARLOW . 77.
... differ'd both in shape and show , Though all were green , yet difference fuch in green , Like to the checker'd bent of Iris ' bow , Prided the running main , as it had been →→ LORD BROOK . I , WITH whose colours Myra drest 1 MARLOW . 77.
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