Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, with a Biography of Each Poet, &c, Volume 3H. Washbourne, 1845 |
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... flames , which quench'd were with thy breath ' , Can kindle now no more but in thy grave ! * 1 " Each thing to ease my mind . " 2 " Ed . 1616 , " whiles . " " I fancy whiles thy form - and then a - fire . " 4.66 In every sound . " Ed ...
... flames , which quench'd were with thy breath ' , Can kindle now no more but in thy grave ! * 1 " Each thing to ease my mind . " 2 " Ed . 1616 , " whiles . " " I fancy whiles thy form - and then a - fire . " 4.66 In every sound . " Ed ...
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... flames , Who ne'er kept word in promis'd joy To lover , nor to loving dames . So all alike will constant prove , Both Fortune , running streams , and Love . EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY . THIS noble author is 34 REIGN OF JAMES I.
... flames , Who ne'er kept word in promis'd joy To lover , nor to loving dames . So all alike will constant prove , Both Fortune , running streams , and Love . EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY . THIS noble author is 34 REIGN OF JAMES I.
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... flame in likest hair ; Oft in a soft smooth skin doth close retire ; Oft in a smile ; oft in a silent tear : And if all fail , yet Virtue's self he'll hire . Himself's a dart , when nothing else can move : Who then the captive soul can ...
... flame in likest hair ; Oft in a soft smooth skin doth close retire ; Oft in a smile ; oft in a silent tear : And if all fail , yet Virtue's self he'll hire . Himself's a dart , when nothing else can move : Who then the captive soul can ...
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... flame I the bud and blossom am . Only bend thy knee to me , Thy wooing shall thy winning be ! See , see the flowers that below Now as fresh as morning blow , And of all the virgin rose , That as bright Aurora shows , How they all ...
... flame I the bud and blossom am . Only bend thy knee to me , Thy wooing shall thy winning be ! See , see the flowers that below Now as fresh as morning blow , And of all the virgin rose , That as bright Aurora shows , How they all ...
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... region full of fires , And burning with extreme desires An object seeks , of which possest , The wheels are fix'd , the motions rest , The flames in ashes lie opprest . This meteor , striving high to rise , ( The E 2 51.
... region full of fires , And burning with extreme desires An object seeks , of which possest , The wheels are fix'd , the motions rest , The flames in ashes lie opprest . This meteor , striving high to rise , ( The E 2 51.
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