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 21801 |
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... England's Helicon , only half of one , appeared worth transcribing , as a specimen of his style . TO PHILLIS THE FAIR SHEPHERDESS . My Phillis hath the morning sun , At first to look upon her ; And Phillis hath morn - waking birds , Her ...
... England's Helicon , only half of one , appeared worth transcribing , as a specimen of his style . TO PHILLIS THE FAIR SHEPHERDESS . My Phillis hath the morning sun , At first to look upon her ; And Phillis hath morn - waking birds , Her ...
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... England's Helicon , is there subscribed " Ignoto , Raleigh's constant signature ; " and this latter assertion is denied by another very able critic , who contends that this signature was affixed by the publisher , who meant to express ...
... England's Helicon , is there subscribed " Ignoto , Raleigh's constant signature ; " and this latter assertion is denied by another very able critic , who contends that this signature was affixed by the publisher , who meant to express ...
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... England's Helicon . ] SWEET violets , Love's Paradise , that spread Your gracious odours , which you couched bear Within your paly faces , Upon the gentle wing of some calm - breathing wind , That plays amidst the plain ! If , by the ...
... England's Helicon . ] SWEET violets , Love's Paradise , that spread Your gracious odours , which you couched bear Within your paly faces , Upon the gentle wing of some calm - breathing wind , That plays amidst the plain ! If , by the ...
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... England's Helicon . ] On a hill there grows a flower , Fair befal the dainty sweet ! By that flower there is a bower , Where the heavenly muses meet . In that bow'r there is a chair , Fringed all about with gold , Where doth sit the ...
... England's Helicon . ] On a hill there grows a flower , Fair befal the dainty sweet ! By that flower there is a bower , Where the heavenly muses meet . In that bow'r there is a chair , Fringed all about with gold , Where doth sit the ...
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... England's Helicon . ] THE sun , the season , in each thing Revives new pleasures ; the sweet spring Hath put to flight the winter keen , To glad our lovely summer queen . The paths where Amargana treads , With flow'ry tapestries Flora ...
... England's Helicon . ] THE sun , the season , in each thing Revives new pleasures ; the sweet spring Hath put to flight the winter keen , To glad our lovely summer queen . The paths where Amargana treads , With flow'ry tapestries Flora ...
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