Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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Page 114
... Sound the trumpets , beat the drums ! Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath ; he comes , he comes ! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus ' blessings are a ...
... Sound the trumpets , beat the drums ! Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath ; he comes , he comes ! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus ' blessings are a ...
Page 171
... sound himself had made . Next Anger rush'd his eyes on fire , In lightnings own'd his secret stings ; In one rude clash he struck the lyre And swept with hurried hand the strings . With woeful measures wan Despair , Low sullen sounds ...
... sound himself had made . Next Anger rush'd his eyes on fire , In lightnings own'd his secret stings ; In one rude clash he struck the lyre And swept with hurried hand the strings . With woeful measures wan Despair , Low sullen sounds ...
Page 190
... SOUNDS IN NATURE . NOR rural sights alone , but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The tone of languid nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The ...
... SOUNDS IN NATURE . NOR rural sights alone , but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The tone of languid nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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