The works of James the first. Also, Some brief remarks on the intimate connexion of the Scots language with the other northern dialects |
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... Chaucer , Gower , and Lydgate , his contemporaries . The taste for poetical allegory and vision was derived from the Provençal writers , which probably was introduced into England by Richard I. who ranks among the most eminent of the ...
... Chaucer , Gower , and Lydgate , his contemporaries . The taste for poetical allegory and vision was derived from the Provençal writers , which probably was introduced into England by Richard I. who ranks among the most eminent of the ...
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... Chaucer , the father of English poetry , as he may be styled the first , so he is the best poet of his time . His ... Chaucer , I may , however , be allowed to compare the epi- sode of the Court of Venus , in the following poem of James ...
... Chaucer , the father of English poetry , as he may be styled the first , so he is the best poet of his time . His ... Chaucer , I may , however , be allowed to compare the epi- sode of the Court of Venus , in the following poem of James ...
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... Chaucer . The Seldenian manuscript , from which the pre- sent copy is taken , appears to be of an old date ; in many places it was not easy to find out the pro- per sense of the passage , and in many passages it was obviously erroneous ...
... Chaucer . The Seldenian manuscript , from which the pre- sent copy is taken , appears to be of an old date ; in many places it was not easy to find out the pro- per sense of the passage , and in many passages it was obviously erroneous ...
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... Chaucer , Gower , & c . the numbers of the verses will often appear to be unequal , as the apostro- phes , signs of contraction , elisions , and marks for the division of the syllables for the sake of the verse , which were used by the ...
... Chaucer , Gower , & c . the numbers of the verses will often appear to be unequal , as the apostro- phes , signs of contraction , elisions , and marks for the division of the syllables for the sake of the verse , which were used by the ...
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... Chaucer his sense can only boast , The glory of his numbers lost ! Years have defac'd his matchless strain , And yet he did not write in vain . Upon the whole : If the present publication , which has been the amusement of leisure hours ...
... Chaucer his sense can only boast , The glory of his numbers lost ! Years have defac'd his matchless strain , And yet he did not write in vain . Upon the whole : If the present publication , which has been the amusement of leisure hours ...
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Æneid ageyne ancient archery Azincourt ballads Banantyne's Bishop Gibson bryt CANTO Carlo Gesualdo castle Chaucer Christ's Kirk church clere composed confort conjecture doun Duke of Albany Earl England English fair floure fortune fresch furth Gavin Douglas genius goddesse goddis grene grete gude hertis hevin humour James's King Henry King James King of Scotland King of Scots KING'S QUAIR language learned lufe lytill maid melodies modern mony mynd old Scottish Palestrina Peblis Play plesance poem of Christ's poet poetical poetry Prince qd sche Quhare Quhat quhele Quhen quhich quhile quhite quho reign sall Saxon sche Scotland Scots Scottish language Scottish songs seyne stanza suete suich suld sung taste thai thaire thame therewt thot thou tion tofore trew tuke tyme Venus vnto wald waly warld wele wold words zouth
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Page 281 - Love wont to gae ! 1 leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new ; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And fades awa...
Page 74 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below?
Page 121 - Six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine ; the pair that clad Each shoulder broad, came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament: the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipt in Heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctur'd grain. Like Maia's son he stood, And shook his plumes, that heavenly fragrance fill'd The circuit wide.
Page 116 - OLD as I am, for ladies' love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet, Which once inflamed my soul, and still inspires my wit.
Page 74 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 257 - Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Page 257 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 268 - Meanwhile, whate'er of beautiful, or new, Sublime, or dreadful, in earth, sea, or sky, By chance, or search was offered to his view, He scann'd with curious and romantic eye.
Page 280 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. Or call up him that left...
Page 83 - Quhare as in ward full oft I wold bewaille My dedely lyf, full of peyne and penance, Saing ryght thus, quhat have I gilt to faille My fredome in this warld and my plesance?