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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... die for thee ; Where rigour ruled , let mercy sit : Let pity conquer cruelty ! Let not disdain , a fiend of hell , Possess the place where grace should dwell , GEORGE TUBERVILLE , One of the most celebrated sonneteers in [ 149 ]
... die for thee ; Where rigour ruled , let mercy sit : Let pity conquer cruelty ! Let not disdain , a fiend of hell , Possess the place where grace should dwell , GEORGE TUBERVILLE , One of the most celebrated sonneteers in [ 149 ]
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English poets George Ellis. But Phillis hath too hard a heart ; Alas that she should have it ! It yields no mercy to desert , Nor grace to those that crave it ! ROBERT GREEN , Was born , perhaps , about 1550 [ 157 ]
English poets George Ellis. But Phillis hath too hard a heart ; Alas that she should have it ! It yields no mercy to desert , Nor grace to those that crave it ! ROBERT GREEN , Was born , perhaps , about 1550 [ 157 ]
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... grace . Resort there is of none but pilgrim wights , That pass with trembling foot and panting heart , With terror cast in cold and shuddering frights , And all the place to terror framed by art . Yet nature's work it is , of art ...
... grace . Resort there is of none but pilgrim wights , That pass with trembling foot and panting heart , With terror cast in cold and shuddering frights , And all the place to terror framed by art . Yet nature's work it is , of art ...
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... grace , There thunder - wrack gives terror to the place . All pangs and heavy passions here may find A thousand motives suiting to their griefs ; To feed the sorrows of their troubled mind , And chace away dame pleasures vain reliefs ...
... grace , There thunder - wrack gives terror to the place . All pangs and heavy passions here may find A thousand motives suiting to their griefs ; To feed the sorrows of their troubled mind , And chace away dame pleasures vain reliefs ...
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... grace , as in my lady's bosom , place to find , Be proud to touch those places : And when her warmth your moisture forth doth wear , Whereby her dainty parts are sweetly fed , You , honours of the flowery meads , I pray , You pretty ...
... grace , as in my lady's bosom , place to find , Be proud to touch those places : And when her warmth your moisture forth doth wear , Whereby her dainty parts are sweetly fed , You , honours of the flowery meads , I pray , You pretty ...
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