Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... ... 127 Description of Belphoebe ( from the Faerie Queene ) 128 The Bower of Bliss . ............................................................ ........... ... 130 Florimel and the Witch's Son ....... 133 From the Masque of Cupid ...
... ... 127 Description of Belphoebe ( from the Faerie Queene ) 128 The Bower of Bliss . ............................................................ ........... ... 130 Florimel and the Witch's Son ....... 133 From the Masque of Cupid ...
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... BOWER OF BLISS . [ From the Faerie Queene . ] EFTSOONES they heard a most melodious sound , Of all that mote delight a daintie eare , Such as attonce might not on living ground , Save in this paradise , be heard elsewhere : Right hard ...
... BOWER OF BLISS . [ From the Faerie Queene . ] EFTSOONES they heard a most melodious sound , Of all that mote delight a daintie eare , Such as attonce might not on living ground , Save in this paradise , be heard elsewhere : Right hard ...
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... bower my bosom be ; Lurk in mine eyes , I like of thee , O , Cupid ! so thou pity me , Spare not , but play thee . FROM THE ROMANCE CALLED EUPHUES'S GOLDEN LEGACY . TURN I my looks unto the skies , Love with his arrows wounds mine eyes ...
... bower my bosom be ; Lurk in mine eyes , I like of thee , O , Cupid ! so thou pity me , Spare not , but play thee . FROM THE ROMANCE CALLED EUPHUES'S GOLDEN LEGACY . TURN I my looks unto the skies , Love with his arrows wounds mine eyes ...
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... bower of beauty , With ravishing division , to her lute . ' It is the only blank verse in the language , except Milton's , that for itself is readable . It is not stately and uniformly swelling like his , but varied and broken by the ...
... bower of beauty , With ravishing division , to her lute . ' It is the only blank verse in the language , except Milton's , that for itself is readable . It is not stately and uniformly swelling like his , but varied and broken by the ...
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... bower : From thy long cloudy bed Shoot forth thy damask head . Vermilion ball that's given From lip to lip in heaven ; Love's couch's coverlid : Haste , haste , to make her bed . See ! rosy is her bower , Her floor is all this flower ...
... bower : From thy long cloudy bed Shoot forth thy damask head . Vermilion ball that's given From lip to lip in heaven ; Love's couch's coverlid : Haste , haste , to make her bed . See ! rosy is her bower , Her floor is all this flower ...
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