Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, with a Biography of Each Poet, &c, Band 3H. Washbourne, 1845 |
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... soon death my fault amended . A Fiction how Cupid made a Nymph wound herself with his arrows 1 . Ir chanc'd of late a shepherd's swain , That went to seek a strayed sheep , Within a thicket , on the plain , Espied a dainty nymph asleep ...
... soon death my fault amended . A Fiction how Cupid made a Nymph wound herself with his arrows 1 . Ir chanc'd of late a shepherd's swain , That went to seek a strayed sheep , Within a thicket , on the plain , Espied a dainty nymph asleep ...
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... 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 disdain For forging fancies WILLIAM ALEXANDER , EARL OF STERLINE . 31.
... 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 disdain For forging fancies WILLIAM ALEXANDER , EARL OF STERLINE . 31.
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... soon - enamour'd3 swain : Those forced1 wiles Of sighs and smiles Are all bestow'd on me in vain . 6 I have elsewhere vow'd a duty ; Turn away thy tempting eye ! Shew not me thy painted beauty ; These impostures I defy " . My spirit ...
... soon - enamour'd3 swain : Those forced1 wiles Of sighs and smiles Are all bestow'd on me in vain . 6 I have elsewhere vow'd a duty ; Turn away thy tempting eye ! Shew not me thy painted beauty ; These impostures I defy " . My spirit ...
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... soon it would possess me of my grave ! " * * [ STANZAS . ] [ Extracted out of " Alcilia , Philoparthen's loving Folly , " & c . By J. C. 1628 , 4to , second edition . ] WHAT thing is Beauty , Nature's dearest minion ? The snare of Youth ...
... soon it would possess me of my grave ! " * * [ STANZAS . ] [ Extracted out of " Alcilia , Philoparthen's loving Folly , " & c . By J. C. 1628 , 4to , second edition . ] WHAT thing is Beauty , Nature's dearest minion ? The snare of Youth ...
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... show us one . * Never was there morning yet Sweet as is the violet Which man's folly did not soon Wish to be expir'd in noon ; As though such an haste did tend To our bliss , and not our end . Nay , the young ones in the nest Suck this 160.
... show us one . * Never was there morning yet Sweet as is the violet Which man's folly did not soon Wish to be expir'd in noon ; As though such an haste did tend To our bliss , and not our end . Nay , the young ones in the nest Suck this 160.
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