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 31801 |
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... thousand 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 ...
... thousand 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 ...
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... thousand ugly shapes , Headless bears , black men , and apes . Doleful outcries , fearful sights , My sad and dismal soul affrights . All my griefs to this are jolly , None so damn'd as melancholy . Methinks I court , methinks I kiss ...
... thousand ugly shapes , Headless bears , black men , and apes . Doleful outcries , fearful sights , My sad and dismal soul affrights . All my griefs to this are jolly , None so damn'd as melancholy . Methinks I court , methinks I kiss ...
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... thousand flowers do adorn . It is the heaven's bright reflex , Weak eyes to dazzle and to vex ; It is th ' idea of her sex Envy of whom doth world perplex . It is a face of death that smiles , Pleasing , though it kill the whiles ...
... thousand flowers do adorn . It is the heaven's bright reflex , Weak eyes to dazzle and to vex ; It is th ' idea of her sex Envy of whom doth world perplex . It is a face of death that smiles , Pleasing , though it kill the whiles ...
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... thousand volumes would be written there . Might silence shew my mind , Sighs tell how I were pin'd , Or looks my woes relate : Then any pregnant wit , That well remarked it , Would soon discern my state . Oft those that do deserve ...
... thousand volumes would be written there . Might silence shew my mind , Sighs tell how I were pin'd , Or looks my woes relate : Then any pregnant wit , That well remarked it , Would soon discern my state . Oft those that do deserve ...
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... thousand lik'd , well - near ; And , in love with all together , Feared the enjoying either ; ' Cause to be of one possess❜d , Barr'd the hope of all the rest . LORDLY gallants , tell me this : Though my safe content you weigh not , In ...
... thousand lik'd , well - near ; And , in love with all together , Feared the enjoying either ; ' Cause to be of one possess❜d , Barr'd the hope of all the rest . LORDLY gallants , tell me this : Though my safe content you weigh not , In ...
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