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Page 139
In hope devoid of fears . What brought you then asleep ? Sweet speech , that
liked men best . And where is now your dwelling place ? In gentle hearts I rest .
Doth company displease ? It doth in many a one . Where would Desire then
chuse to ...
In hope devoid of fears . What brought you then asleep ? Sweet speech , that
liked men best . And where is now your dwelling place ? In gentle hearts I rest .
Doth company displease ? It doth in many a one . Where would Desire then
chuse to ...
Page 151
If falt ' ring tongue with trembling heart , If sobbing sighs with fury fed , If sudden
hope by fear oppress ' d , If fear by hope suppress ' d again , Be proofs , that love
within the breast Hath bound the heart with fancy ' s chainThen I , of force , no ...
If falt ' ring tongue with trembling heart , If sobbing sighs with fury fed , If sudden
hope by fear oppress ' d , If fear by hope suppress ' d again , Be proofs , that love
within the breast Hath bound the heart with fancy ' s chainThen I , of force , no ...
Page 170
... pebble stones , With bubbling streams a purling noise it glides . The pines ,
thick set , high grown , and ever green , Still clothe the place with shade and
mourning veil ; Here , gaping cliffs , there moss - grown plain is seen : Here hope
doth ...
... pebble stones , With bubbling streams a purling noise it glides . The pines ,
thick set , high grown , and ever green , Still clothe the place with shade and
mourning veil ; Here , gaping cliffs , there moss - grown plain is seen : Here hope
doth ...
Page 215
Thy jailors shall be hopes and fears , Thy prison - mates , groans , sighs , and
tears ; í Thy play ( to wear out weary times ) Fantastic passions , vows , and
rhimes . Thy bread be frowns , thy drink be gall , Hope , like thy fool , at thy bed ' s
head ...
Thy jailors shall be hopes and fears , Thy prison - mates , groans , sighs , and
tears ; í Thy play ( to wear out weary times ) Fantastic passions , vows , and
rhimes . Thy bread be frowns , thy drink be gall , Hope , like thy fool , at thy bed ' s
head ...
Page 281
If love were pass ' d , my life would soon decay , Love bids me hope , and hope is
all my stay . And you , that see in what estate I stand , Now hot , now cold , and
yet am living still , Persuade yourselves love hath a mighty hand , And custom ...
If love were pass ' d , my life would soon decay , Love bids me hope , and hope is
all my stay . And you , that see in what estate I stand , Now hot , now cold , and
yet am living still , Persuade yourselves love hath a mighty hand , And custom ...
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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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