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The large green courts , where we were wont to hove , With eyes cast up into the
maiden ' s tower , And easy sighs , such as folk draw in love . The stately seats ,
the ladies bright of hue , The dances short , long tales of great delight , With ...
The large green courts , where we were wont to hove , With eyes cast up into the
maiden ' s tower , And easy sighs , such as folk draw in love . The stately seats ,
the ladies bright of hue , The dances short , long tales of great delight , With ...
Page 144
Next , lullaby my gazing eyes , Which wonted were to glance apace ; For ev ' ry
glass may now suffice . To shew the furrows in my face . With lullaby then wink
awhile ; With lullaby your looks beguile ; Let no fair face , nor beauty bright ,
Entice ...
Next , lullaby my gazing eyes , Which wonted were to glance apace ; For ev ' ry
glass may now suffice . To shew the furrows in my face . With lullaby then wink
awhile ; With lullaby your looks beguile ; Let no fair face , nor beauty bright ,
Entice ...
Page 215
O crueL love ! on thee I lay ' My curse , which shall strike blind the day : Never
may sleep , with velvet hand , Charm thine eyes with sacred wand ! Thy jailors
shall be hopes and fears , Thy prison - mates , groans , sighs , and tears ; í Thy
play ...
O crueL love ! on thee I lay ' My curse , which shall strike blind the day : Never
may sleep , with velvet hand , Charm thine eyes with sacred wand ! Thy jailors
shall be hopes and fears , Thy prison - mates , groans , sighs , and tears ; í Thy
play ...
Page 230
... disguised , A letter such , which might from either part Seem to proceed , so
well it was devised ; She seald it first , then she the sealing brake , And to her
jealous husband did it take . With weeping eyes ( her eyes she taught to weep [
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... disguised , A letter such , which might from either part Seem to proceed , so
well it was devised ; She seald it first , then she the sealing brake , And to her
jealous husband did it take . With weeping eyes ( her eyes she taught to weep [
230 ]
Page 235
... for whose love she gloried to be blamed , I , with whose eyes , her eyes
committed theft , I , who did make her blush when I was named , Must I lose , ring
, flowers , blush , theft , and go naked , Watching with sighs till dead love be
awaked ?
... for whose love she gloried to be blamed , I , with whose eyes , her eyes
committed theft , I , who did make her blush when I was named , Must I lose , ring
, flowers , blush , theft , and go naked , Watching with sighs till dead love be
awaked ?
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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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