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Divers thy death do diversly bemoan : Some , that in presence of thy livelihed
Lurked , whose breasts envy with hate had swoln , Yield Cæsar ' s tears upon
Pompeius ' head ! And some , that watched with the murderer ' s knife , With
eager ...
Divers thy death do diversly bemoan : Some , that in presence of thy livelihed
Lurked , whose breasts envy with hate had swoln , Yield Cæsar ' s tears upon
Pompeius ' head ! And some , that watched with the murderer ' s knife , With
eager ...
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Being asked the occasion of his white head , he answereth thus . 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 ...
Being asked the occasion of his white head , he answereth thus . 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 ...
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Where wretched Woe doth weave her web , Where Care the clue can catch and
cast ; And floods of joy are fall ' n to ebb , So low , that life may not long last ; What
wonder then though you do see Upon my head white hairs to be ? These hairs ...
Where wretched Woe doth weave her web , Where Care the clue can catch and
cast ; And floods of joy are fall ' n to ebb , So low , that life may not long last ; What
wonder then though you do see Upon my head white hairs to be ? These hairs ...
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God grant likewise that you may see Upon your head such hairs to be . [ Paradise
of Dainty Devices , edit . 1576 . N . B . In edit . 1580 , it is attributed , I believe
falsely , to W . Hunnis . ] · UNCERTAIN AUTHORS . Among the uncertain authors
...
God grant likewise that you may see Upon your head such hairs to be . [ Paradise
of Dainty Devices , edit . 1576 . N . B . In edit . 1580 , it is attributed , I believe
falsely , to W . Hunnis . ] · UNCERTAIN AUTHORS . Among the uncertain authors
...
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He stands at the head er of the minor poets of Scotland . ” LAMENT WHEN HIS
WIFE LEFT HIM . To love unloved it is a pain ; For she that is my sovereign ,
Some wanton man so high has set her , That I can get no love again , But break
my ...
He stands at the head er of the minor poets of Scotland . ” LAMENT WHEN HIS
WIFE LEFT HIM . To love unloved it is a pain ; For she that is my sovereign ,
Some wanton man so high has set her , That I can get no love again , But break
my ...
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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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