Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, Volume 1Bulmer, 1803 - 458 pages |
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... earth had fall'n upon . Ne cruel power , ne none too2 soft , can reign : That keeps a mean , the same shall still remain . Thee , Julie , once did too much mercy spill ! Thee , Nero stern , rigour extreme did kill . How could August so ...
... earth had fall'n upon . Ne cruel power , ne none too2 soft , can reign : That keeps a mean , the same shall still remain . Thee , Julie , once did too much mercy spill ! Thee , Nero stern , rigour extreme did kill . How could August so ...
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... earth , ne will no more return . Popilius fly'th therewhile , and leaving there The senseless stock , a grisly sight doth bear Unto Antonius ' board , with mischief fed . VOL . II . G LORD VAUX . This poet ( says Mr. Warton ) NICHOLAS ...
... earth , ne will no more return . Popilius fly'th therewhile , and leaving there The senseless stock , a grisly sight doth bear Unto Antonius ' board , with mischief fed . VOL . II . G LORD VAUX . This poet ( says Mr. Warton ) NICHOLAS ...
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... earth , And have your May at will ; Rejoice in May , as I do now , And use your May with skill . Use May , while that you may , For May hath but his time ; When all the fruit is gone , it is Too late the tree to climb . Your liking and ...
... earth , And have your May at will ; Rejoice in May , as I do now , And use your May with skill . Use May , while that you may , For May hath but his time ; When all the fruit is gone , it is Too late the tree to climb . Your liking and ...
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... earth a right ; His power is great , it stretcheth far : No lord , no prince , can scape his might ; No creature can his duty bar . The wise , the just ,. the strong , the high , The chaste , the meek , the free of heart , The rich ...
... earth a right ; His power is great , it stretcheth far : No lord , no prince , can scape his might ; No creature can his duty bar . The wise , the just ,. the strong , the high , The chaste , the meek , the free of heart , The rich ...
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... earth , consume at last . But Virtue sits , triumphing still , Upon the throne of glorious Fame : Though spiteful Death man's body kill , Yet hurts he not his virtuous name . By life or death , whatso betides , The state of Virtue never ...
... earth , consume at last . But Virtue sits , triumphing still , Upon the throne of glorious Fame : Though spiteful Death man's body kill , Yet hurts he not his virtuous name . By life or death , whatso betides , The state of Virtue never ...
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Page 349 - Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O prepare it. My part of death, no one so true Did share it.
Page 389 - I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be; But thou thereon didst only breathe And sent'st it back to me; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee!
Page 352 - Being your slave, what should I do but tend Upon the hours and times of your desire? I have no precious time at all to spend, Nor services to do, till you require.
Page 351 - Fear no more the frown o' the great; Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak : The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust.
Page 334 - Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who, in their greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending: And if they make reply Then give them all the lie.
Page 346 - Now the wasted brands do glow, Whilst the screech-owl, screeching loud, Puts the wretch that lies in woe In remembrance of a shroud. Now it is the time of night ' That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide...
Page 220 - Time drives the flocks from field to fold, When Rivers rage, and Rocks grow cold, And Philomel becometh dumb, The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields, To wayward winter reckoning yields, A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall.
Page 388 - Come, my Celia, let us prove, While we can, the sports of love, Time will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good will sever; Spend not then his gifts in vain; Suns, that set, may rise again ; . But if once we lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual night.
Page 243 - CUPID and my Campaspe played At cards for kisses — Cupid paid; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows ; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lip, the rose Growing on's cheek (but none knows how), With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin ; All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes, She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this to thee? What shall, alas! become of me?* THE SONGS...
Page 348 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head ? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. It is engender'd in the eyes, With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell ALL.