English Lyrics Chaucer to Poe 1340-1809 |
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... dead , a hush fell on the English Muse . There was Henryson in Scotland , the Master's greatest pupil , an admirable poet - but no lyrist ; while in England there were only such founts of tedium as Lydgate and Gower and Hawes , and ...
... dead , a hush fell on the English Muse . There was Henryson in Scotland , the Master's greatest pupil , an admirable poet - but no lyrist ; while in England there were only such founts of tedium as Lydgate and Gower and Hawes , and ...
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... dead , in fact , but for Collins , and a stray burst from Goldsmith , and the humble work of certain Scots , who had a sounder tradition than the Augustans , and followed it as best they might . It was the dark hour before the dawn ...
... dead , in fact , but for Collins , and a stray burst from Goldsmith , and the humble work of certain Scots , who had a sounder tradition than the Augustans , and followed it as best they might . It was the dark hour before the dawn ...
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... dead goes all Estates , Princes , Prelates , and Potestates , Both rich and poor of all degree : Timor Mortis conturbat me . He takes the knights in to the field , Enarmèd under helm and shield ; Victor he is at all mellee : - Timor ...
... dead goes all Estates , Princes , Prelates , and Potestates , Both rich and poor of all degree : Timor Mortis conturbat me . He takes the knights in to the field , Enarmèd under helm and shield ; Victor he is at all mellee : - Timor ...
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... dead remeid is none , Best is that we for death dispone , After our death that live may we : - Timor Mortis conturbat me . William Dunbar . 5 MEDITATION IN WINTER IN to these dirk and drumlie days , When sabill all the hewin arrays With ...
... dead remeid is none , Best is that we for death dispone , After our death that live may we : - Timor Mortis conturbat me . William Dunbar . 5 MEDITATION IN WINTER IN to these dirk and drumlie days , When sabill all the hewin arrays With ...
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... dead at once To do my Lady good . Anonymous . 22 WHEN FLORA HAD O'ERFRET THE FIRTH WHEN Flora had o'erfret the firth , In May of every moneth queen ; When merle and mavis sings with mirth , Sweet melling in the schawës sheen ; When all ...
... dead at once To do my Lady good . Anonymous . 22 WHEN FLORA HAD O'ERFRET THE FIRTH WHEN Flora had o'erfret the firth , In May of every moneth queen ; When merle and mavis sings with mirth , Sweet melling in the schawës sheen ; When all ...
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English Lyrics: Chaucer to Poe; 1340 1809 (Classic Reprint) William Ernest Henley No preview available - 2018 |
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