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 195
... breeds sweetest gales . There shall you have the beauteous pine , The cedar and the spreading vine , And all the woods to be a skreen , Lest Phebus kiss my summer's green . The seat at your disport shall be , Over some [ 195 ]
... breeds sweetest gales . There shall you have the beauteous pine , The cedar and the spreading vine , And all the woods to be a skreen , Lest Phebus kiss my summer's green . The seat at your disport shall be , Over some [ 195 ]
Page 213
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 216
... kisses , But this of lead Strikes a clown dead , When in a dance He falls into a trance , To see his black - brow lass not buss him , And then whines out for death t ' entruss him . SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . The anecdotes of the short , [ 216 ]
... kisses , But this of lead Strikes a clown dead , When in a dance He falls into a trance , To see his black - brow lass not buss him , And then whines out for death t ' entruss him . SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . The anecdotes of the short , [ 216 ]
Page 220
... fit , " Never room more apt for it ! " Smiling air allows my reason , " The birds sing , now use the season , ' " This small wind , which so sweet is , " See how it the leaves doth kiss ; " And , if dumb things be so witty , [ 220 ]
... fit , " Never room more apt for it ! " Smiling air allows my reason , " The birds sing , now use the season , ' " This small wind , which so sweet is , " See how it the leaves doth kiss ; " And , if dumb things be so witty , [ 220 ]
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... kiss the rod . Sweet Cupid's shafts , like destiny , Do causeless good or ill decree ; Desert is borne out of his bow , Reward upon his wing doth go . What fools are they that have not known That love likes no laws but his own . My ...
... kiss the rod . Sweet Cupid's shafts , like destiny , Do causeless good or ill decree ; Desert is borne out of his bow , Reward upon his wing doth go . What fools are they that have not known That love likes no laws but his own . My ...
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