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Page 118
... For minion May to deck most trim with flower : Seven times hath temperate Ver
like pageant plaid ; And pleasant Æstas eke , her flowers told ; Seven times
Autumnus ' heat hath been delay ' d , With Hyems ' boisterous blasts , and bitter
cold ...
... For minion May to deck most trim with flower : Seven times hath temperate Ver
like pageant plaid ; And pleasant Æstas eke , her flowers told ; Seven times
Autumnus ' heat hath been delay ' d , With Hyems ' boisterous blasts , and bitter
cold ...
Page 167
We trample grass , and prize the flowers of May , Yet grass is green when flowers
do fade away . TIMES GO BY TURNS . The lopped tree in time may grow again ,
Most naked plants renew both fruit and flower ; The sorriest wight may find ...
We trample grass , and prize the flowers of May , Yet grass is green when flowers
do fade away . TIMES GO BY TURNS . The lopped tree in time may grow again ,
Most naked plants renew both fruit and flower ; The sorriest wight may find ...
Page 248
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 fairest fair That ever eye did yet
behold ...
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 fairest fair That ever eye did yet
behold ...
Page 265
Both now embracing be ! Rise , youths ! love ' s rite claims more than banquets ,
rise ! Now the bright marigold , that decks the skies , Phæbus ' celestial flowers ,
that ( contrary To his flowers here ) ope when he shuts his eyes , And shuts when
...
Both now embracing be ! Rise , youths ! love ' s rite claims more than banquets ,
rise ! Now the bright marigold , that decks the skies , Phæbus ' celestial flowers ,
that ( contrary To his flowers here ) ope when he shuts his eyes , And shuts when
...
Page 290
And sport ( sweet maid ) in season of these years , And learn to gather flowers
before they wither , And where the sweetest blossom first appears , Let love and
youth conduct thy pleasures thither . · Lighten forth smiles to cheer the clouded
air ...
And sport ( sweet maid ) in season of these years , And learn to gather flowers
before they wither , And where the sweetest blossom first appears , Let love and
youth conduct thy pleasures thither . · Lighten forth smiles to cheer the clouded
air ...
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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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