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Page 60
WHERE seething sighs , and sower sobs Have slain the slips that Nature set ;
And scalding show ' rs , with stony throbs , The kindly sap from them hath fet ;
What wonder then though you do see Upon my head white hairs to be ? Where ...
WHERE seething sighs , and sower sobs Have slain the slips that Nature set ;
And scalding show ' rs , with stony throbs , The kindly sap from them hath fet ;
What wonder then though you do see Upon my head white hairs to be ? Where ...
Page 61
These hairs , of age are messengers ; Which bid me fast , repent , and pray : They
be of death the harbingers , That do prepare and dress the way . Wherefore I joy
that you may see Upon my head such hairs to be . They be the lines that lead ...
These hairs , of age are messengers ; Which bid me fast , repent , and pray : They
be of death the harbingers , That do prepare and dress the way . Wherefore I joy
that you may see Upon my head such hairs to be . They be the lines that lead ...
Page 62
God grant to those that white hairs have , No : worse them take than I have meant
: That after they be laid in grave , Their souls may joy , their lives well spent . God
grant likewise that you may see Upon your head such hairs to be . [ Paradise of ...
God grant to those that white hairs have , No : worse them take than I have meant
: That after they be laid in grave , Their souls may joy , their lives well spent . God
grant likewise that you may see Upon your head such hairs to be . [ Paradise of ...
Page 143
First lullaby my youthful years : It is now time to go to bed : For crooked age , and
hoary hairs , Have won the haven with my head . With lullaby then youth be still ,
With lullaby content thy will ; Since courage quails , and comes behind , Go ...
First lullaby my youthful years : It is now time to go to bed : For crooked age , and
hoary hairs , Have won the haven with my head . With lullaby then youth be still ,
With lullaby content thy will ; Since courage quails , and comes behind , Go ...
Page 288
I once may see when years shall wreck my wrong , When golden hairs shall
change to silver wire ; And those bright rays that kindle all this fire , Shall fail in
force , their working not so strong . Then beauty ( now the burden of my song )
Whose ...
I once may see when years shall wreck my wrong , When golden hairs shall
change to silver wire ; And those bright rays that kindle all this fire , Shall fail in
force , their working not so strong . Then beauty ( now the burden of my song )
Whose ...
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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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