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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... 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 discontents and furies , then A ...
... 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 discontents and furies , then A ...
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... soul affrights . All my griefs to this are jolly , None so damn'd as melancholy . Methinks I court , methinks I kiss , Methinks I now embrace my miss : O blessed days , O sweet content ! In Paradise my time is spent ! Such thoughts may ...
... soul affrights . All my griefs to this are jolly , None so damn'd as melancholy . Methinks I court , methinks I kiss , Methinks I now embrace my miss : O blessed days , O sweet content ! In Paradise my time is spent ! Such thoughts may ...
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... soul can prove . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so harsh as melancholy . Friends and companions , get you gone ! desire to be alone ; ' Tis my Ne'er well , but when my thoughts and I Do domineer in privacy . No gem , no ...
... soul can prove . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so harsh as melancholy . Friends and companions , get you gone ! desire to be alone ; ' Tis my Ne'er well , but when my thoughts and I Do domineer in privacy . No gem , no ...
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... freshest youth : It is the feigned Elysium's truth , The spring that winter'd hearts renew'th ; - And this is that my soul pursu'th . VOL . III . C GEORGE SANDYS , 66 ONE of the most harmonious versifiers THOMAS CAMPION . 17.
... freshest youth : It is the feigned Elysium's truth , The spring that winter'd hearts renew'th ; - And this is that my soul pursu'th . VOL . III . C GEORGE SANDYS , 66 ONE of the most harmonious versifiers THOMAS CAMPION . 17.
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... souls , the skies , The angels in their hierarchies , Unseen , to all things seen dispense Breath , life , protection ... soul ; At will create ; eternity Bestow on mortals born to die . Yet we , who life to others give , Fair Queen ...
... souls , the skies , The angels in their hierarchies , Unseen , to all things seen dispense Breath , life , protection ... soul ; At will create ; eternity Bestow on mortals born to die . Yet we , who life to others give , Fair Queen ...
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