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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... pleasures do me bless , And crown my soul with happiness . All my joys besides are folly , None so sweet as melancholy . When I lie , sit , or walk alone , I sigh , I grieve , making great moan , In a dark grove , or irksome den , With ...
... pleasures do me bless , And crown my soul with happiness . All my joys besides are folly , None so sweet as melancholy . When I lie , sit , or walk alone , I sigh , I grieve , making great moan , In a dark grove , or irksome den , With ...
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... her passions , so must I : For when of pleasure she doth sing , My thoughts enjoy a sudden spring ; But if she do of sorrow speak , E'en from my heart the strings do break . Of his Mistress's Face . AND would you see my 16.
... her passions , so must I : For when of pleasure she doth sing , My thoughts enjoy a sudden spring ; But if she do of sorrow speak , E'en from my heart the strings do break . Of his Mistress's Face . AND would you see my 16.
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... pleasures of the time unite , To give a triumph to their love , They staid at last , and on the grass Reposed so , as o'er his breast She bow'd her gracious head to rest , Such a weight as no burthen was . * Long their fix'd eyes to ...
... pleasures of the time unite , To give a triumph to their love , They staid at last , and on the grass Reposed so , as o'er his breast She bow'd her gracious head to rest , Such a weight as no burthen was . * Long their fix'd eyes to ...
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... you that he excludeth love ? " These eyes again thine eyes shall see , And hands again these hands infold ; And all chaste pleasures can be told Shall with us everlasting be . " For if no use of sense remain When bodies 38 REIGN OF JAMES I.
... you that he excludeth love ? " These eyes again thine eyes shall see , And hands again these hands infold ; And all chaste pleasures can be told Shall with us everlasting be . " For if no use of sense remain When bodies 38 REIGN OF JAMES I.
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... pleasure , rests , And by their continual motions Draweth hearts to vain devotions ; Nor the nectar that we sip From a honey - dropping lip ; Nor those eyes , whence beauty's lances Wound the heart with wanton glances ; Nor those sought ...
... pleasure , rests , And by their continual motions Draweth hearts to vain devotions ; Nor the nectar that we sip From a honey - dropping lip ; Nor those eyes , whence beauty's lances Wound the heart with wanton glances ; Nor those sought ...
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