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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... Fall and evil success of Rebellion ; " Charles Bansley , a rhyming satirist ; Christopher Good- win , author of " the Maiden's Dream ; " Richard Feylde , author of " the Treatise of the Lover and the " Jay : " and William Bloomfield , a ...
... Fall and evil success of Rebellion ; " Charles Bansley , a rhyming satirist ; Christopher Good- win , author of " the Maiden's Dream ; " Richard Feylde , author of " the Treatise of the Lover and the " Jay : " and William Bloomfield , a ...
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... with pleasures were possess'd : And walls of wealth are fall'n to waste , And poverty in them is prest ; What wonder then though you do see Upon my head white hairs to be ? Where wretched Woe doth weave her web , Where Care [ 60 ]
... with pleasures were possess'd : And walls of wealth are fall'n to waste , And poverty in them is prest ; What wonder then though you do see Upon my head white hairs to be ? Where wretched Woe doth weave her web , Where Care [ 60 ]
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... fall'n to ebb , So low , that life may not long last ; What wonder then though you do see Upon my head white hairs to be ? These hairs , of age are messengers ; Which bid me fast , repent , and pray : They be of death the harbingers ...
... fall'n to ebb , So low , that life may not long last ; What wonder then though you do see Upon my head white hairs to be ? These hairs , of age are messengers ; Which bid me fast , repent , and pray : They be of death the harbingers ...
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... fall on thy disdain That makest but game on earnest pain : Think not alone under the sun Unquit to cause thy lover's plaine , Although my lute and I have done . May chance thee lie withered and old In winter nights that are so cold ...
... fall on thy disdain That makest but game on earnest pain : Think not alone under the sun Unquit to cause thy lover's plaine , Although my lute and I have done . May chance thee lie withered and old In winter nights that are so cold ...
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... fall The caterpillar wasted all . Thy body was the garden - place , And sugar'd words it beareth ; The blossoms all , thy faith it was , Which , as the canker , weareth . The caterpillar is the same That hath won thee , and lost thy ...
... fall The caterpillar wasted all . Thy body was the garden - place , And sugar'd words it beareth ; The blossoms all , thy faith it was , Which , as the canker , weareth . The caterpillar is the same That hath won thee , and lost thy ...
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