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 21801 |
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Page 52
... GIVE place , ye lovers , here before That spent your boasts and brags in vain ; My lady's beauty passeth more The best of yours , I dare well saine , Than doth the sun the candle light , Or brightest day the darkest night . And thereto ...
... GIVE place , ye lovers , here before That spent your boasts and brags in vain ; My lady's beauty passeth more The best of yours , I dare well saine , Than doth the sun the candle light , Or brightest day the darkest night . And thereto ...
Page 57
... give the charge . Then pushed soldiers with their pikes , And halberders , with handy strokes ; The hargabushe ' in flash it lights , And dims the air with misty smokes . And as it is now soldiers use , When shot and powder ' gins to ...
... give the charge . Then pushed soldiers with their pikes , And halberders , with handy strokes ; The hargabushe ' in flash it lights , And dims the air with misty smokes . And as it is now soldiers use , When shot and powder ' gins to ...
Page 69
... GIVE place , you ladies , and be gone , Boast not yourselves at all ; For here at hand approacheth one Whose face will stain you all . The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone , I wish to have none other books To read or ...
... GIVE place , you ladies , and be gone , Boast not yourselves at all ; For here at hand approacheth one Whose face will stain you all . The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone , I wish to have none other books To read or ...
Page 71
... give . When death doth what he can , Her honest fame shall ever live Within the mouth of man . The Lover accusing his Love for her unfaithfulness , purposeth to live in liberty . [ Abridged from 56 lines . ] THE smoky sighs , the bitter ...
... give . When death doth what he can , Her honest fame shall ever live Within the mouth of man . The Lover accusing his Love for her unfaithfulness , purposeth to live in liberty . [ Abridged from 56 lines . ] THE smoky sighs , the bitter ...
Page 73
... give ear who list , And mine intent judge as you will ; The time is come that I have miss'd The thing whereon I hoped still ; And , from the top of all my trust Mishap hath thrown me in the dust . The time hath been , and that of late ...
... give ear who list , And mine intent judge as you will ; The time is come that I have miss'd The thing whereon I hoped still ; And , from the top of all my trust Mishap hath thrown me in the dust . The time hath been , and that of late ...
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