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Page 69
The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone , I wish to have none other
books To read or look upon . In each of her two crystal eyes Smileth a naked boy
; It would you all in heart suffice To see that lamp of joy . I think Nature hath lost ...
The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone , I wish to have none other
books To read or look upon . In each of her two crystal eyes Smileth a naked boy
; It would you all in heart suffice To see that lamp of joy . I think Nature hath lost ...
Page 75
Such one as Nature never made , I dare well say , save her alone ; Such one she
was as would invade A heart more hard than marble stone ; Such one she is , I
know it right , Hér Nature made to shew her might . Then , as a man even in a ...
Such one as Nature never made , I dare well say , save her alone ; Such one she
was as would invade A heart more hard than marble stone ; Such one she is , I
know it right , Hér Nature made to shew her might . Then , as a man even in a ...
Page 109
When women first dame Nature wrought , All good , quoth she , nune shall be
naught . All wise shall be , none shall be fools , For wit shall spring from women '
s schools . In all good gifts they shall excell , Their nature all no tongue can tell .
When women first dame Nature wrought , All good , quoth she , nune shall be
naught . All wise shall be , none shall be fools , For wit shall spring from women '
s schools . In all good gifts they shall excell , Their nature all no tongue can tell .
Page 122
To die , dame nature did man frame : Death is a thing most perfect sure : We
ought not nature ' s works to blame , She made no thing still to endure . That law
she made when we were born , That hence we should return again : To render
right ...
To die , dame nature did man frame : Death is a thing most perfect sure : We
ought not nature ' s works to blame , She made no thing still to endure . That law
she made when we were born , That hence we should return again : To render
right ...
Page 170
Yet nature ' s work it is , of art untouch ' d ; So strait indeed , so vast unto the eye ,
With such disorder ' d order strangely couch ' d , And so with pleasing horror low
and high , That who it views , must needs remain aghast Much at the work ...
Yet nature ' s work it is , of art untouch ' d ; So strait indeed , so vast unto the eye ,
With such disorder ' d order strangely couch ' d , And so with pleasing horror low
and high , That who it views , must needs remain aghast Much at the work ...
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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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