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Remember thy soul ; let no fancy prevail : Make ready to God - ward ; let faith
never quail : The sooner thyself thou submittest to God , The sooner he ceaseth
to scourge with his rod . MORAL REFLECTIONS ON THE WINDS . Though winds
do ...
Remember thy soul ; let no fancy prevail : Make ready to God - ward ; let faith
never quail : The sooner thyself thou submittest to God , The sooner he ceaseth
to scourge with his rod . MORAL REFLECTIONS ON THE WINDS . Though winds
do ...
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... When anon , by a wood side , Where that May was in his pride , I espied , all
alone , Phillida and Corydon , Much ado there was , God wot , He would love ,
and she would not ; She said , never man was true ; He says , none was false to
you .
... When anon , by a wood side , Where that May was in his pride , I espied , all
alone , Phillida and Corydon , Much ado there was , God wot , He would love ,
and she would not ; She said , never man was true ; He says , none was false to
you .
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My heedless heart , which love yet never knew , But as he was described with
painter ' s hand , One day , amongst the rest , would needs go view The labyrinth
of love , with all his band , To see the Minotaur his ugly face , . . And such as there
...
My heedless heart , which love yet never knew , But as he was described with
painter ' s hand , One day , amongst the rest , would needs go view The labyrinth
of love , with all his band , To see the Minotaur his ugly face , . . And such as there
...
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But blust ' ring care could never tempest make ; Nor murmurs e ' er come nigh us ,
Saving of fountains that glide by us . Here ' s no fantastic mask , nor dance , But of
our kids , that frisk and prance ; Nor wars are seen , Unless upon the green ...
But blust ' ring care could never tempest make ; Nor murmurs e ' er come nigh us ,
Saving of fountains that glide by us . Here ' s no fantastic mask , nor dance , But of
our kids , that frisk and prance ; Nor wars are seen , Unless upon the green ...
Page 335
He also ( according to Wood ) wrote a version of the Psalms , ( never published ) ,
and a book of Epigrams . The latter , as appears from Drummond of Hawthornden
, are those which stand at the end of Marlowe ' s “ Translation of Ovid ' s ...
He also ( according to Wood ) wrote a version of the Psalms , ( never published ) ,
and a book of Epigrams . The latter , as appears from Drummond of Hawthornden
, are those which stand at the end of Marlowe ' s “ Translation of Ovid ' s ...
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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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