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Page 108
... one ill wife , Greece overthrew The town of Troy . Sith bad and good Bring
mischief , Lord let be thy will To keep me free from either ill ! RICHARD
EDWARDS Was born in 1523 , educated at Oxford [ 108 ]
... one ill wife , Greece overthrew The town of Troy . Sith bad and good Bring
mischief , Lord let be thy will To keep me free from either ill ! RICHARD
EDWARDS Was born in 1523 , educated at Oxford [ 108 ]
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We ought not fear his carrion shape , He only brings ill men to pain . ... This
thought makes man to God a friend ; This thought doth banish pride and sin : This
thought doth bring a man in th ' end Where he of death the field shall win . Man ' s
...
We ought not fear his carrion shape , He only brings ill men to pain . ... This
thought makes man to God a friend ; This thought doth banish pride and sin : This
thought doth bring a man in th ' end Where he of death the field shall win . Man ' s
...
Page 140
He likes to muse alone . What feedeth most your sight ? To gaze on favour still .
Who find you most to be your foe ? Disdain of my good will . Will ever age or
death Bring you unto decayi No , no : Desire both lives and dies Ten thousand
times a ...
He likes to muse alone . What feedeth most your sight ? To gaze on favour still .
Who find you most to be your foe ? Disdain of my good will . Will ever age or
death Bring you unto decayi No , no : Desire both lives and dies Ten thousand
times a ...
Page 163
If love be so sweet a thing That such happy bliss doth bring , Happy is love ' s
sugar ' d thrall ; But unhappy maidens all , Who esteem your virgin ' s blisses
Sweeter than a wife ' s sweet kisses . No such quiet to the mind As true love , with
...
If love be so sweet a thing That such happy bliss doth bring , Happy is love ' s
sugar ' d thrall ; But unhappy maidens all , Who esteem your virgin ' s blisses
Sweeter than a wife ' s sweet kisses . No such quiet to the mind As true love , with
...
Page 315
She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling ; To her let us garlands
bring . DIRG E . Fear no more the heat o ' th ' sun , Nor the furious winter ' s rages
; Thou thy worldly task hast done , Home art gone , and ta ' en thy wages ...
She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling ; To her let us garlands
bring . DIRG E . Fear no more the heat o ' th ' sun , Nor the furious winter ' s rages
; Thou thy worldly task hast done , Home art gone , and ta ' en thy wages ...
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| Title | 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 2 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, English poets |
| Author | English poets |
| Editor | George Ellis |
| Published | 1801 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Jun 2007 |
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