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Page 99
... Though I inclosed be with care , That I dare neither sing nor dance . Wo worth
mariage for evermair ! When that I was a maiden ying , a Lightly would I dance
and sing , * A village on the Tweed , near Old Melrose . Young . And sport and
play ...
... Though I inclosed be with care , That I dare neither sing nor dance . Wo worth
mariage for evermair ! When that I was a maiden ying , a Lightly would I dance
and sing , * A village on the Tweed , near Old Melrose . Young . And sport and
play ...
Page 115
He was also , for some time , a singing - man in Norwich cathedral : but he
prospered no where ; and every period of his singular life seems to have been
marked by the ceaseless persecutions of fortune . At Ratwood he composed his “
Five ...
He was also , for some time , a singing - man in Norwich cathedral : but he
prospered no where ; and every period of his singular life seems to have been
marked by the ceaseless persecutions of fortune . At Ratwood he composed his “
Five ...
Page 142
Then like the lark , that past the night In heavy sleep with cares opprest , Yet
when she spies the pleasant light , She sends sweet notes from out her breast :
So sing I now , because I think How joys approach when sorrows shrink . And as
fair ...
Then like the lark , that past the night In heavy sleep with cares opprest , Yet
when she spies the pleasant light , She sends sweet notes from out her breast :
So sing I now , because I think How joys approach when sorrows shrink . And as
fair ...
Page 143
Sing lullaby , as women do , Wherewith they bring their babes to rest ; And lullaby
can I sing too , As womanly as can the best . With lullaby they still the child ; And ,
if I be not much beguild , Full many wanton babes have I , Which must be stilld ...
Sing lullaby , as women do , Wherewith they bring their babes to rest ; And lullaby
can I sing too , As womanly as can the best . With lullaby they still the child ; And ,
if I be not much beguild , Full many wanton babes have I , Which must be stilld ...
Page 296
There will we sit upon the rocks , And see the shepherds feed their flocks , By
shallow rivers , to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals . There will I make
thee beds of roses , With a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers , and a
kirtle ...
There will we sit upon the rocks , And see the shepherds feed their flocks , By
shallow rivers , to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals . There will I make
thee beds of roses , With a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers , and a
kirtle ...
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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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