Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1 |
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... doth dance her finest measure , Then art thou born , the gods ' and men's sweet pleasure . Lastly , where keepe the Winds their revelry , Their violent turnings , and wild whirling hayes , But in the ayre's tralucent gallery ...
... doth dance her finest measure , Then art thou born , the gods ' and men's sweet pleasure . Lastly , where keepe the Winds their revelry , Their violent turnings , and wild whirling hayes , But in the ayre's tralucent gallery ...
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... doth lie As much beauty as could die ; Which in life did harbour give To more virtue than doth live . If at all she had a fault , Leave it buried in this vault . One name was Elizabeth ; The other , let it sleep with death : Fitter ...
... doth lie As much beauty as could die ; Which in life did harbour give To more virtue than doth live . If at all she had a fault , Leave it buried in this vault . One name was Elizabeth ; The other , let it sleep with death : Fitter ...
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... doth lour , Nor hath the scalding noon - day Sun the power To melt that marble ice , which still doth hold Her heart congeal'd , and makes her pity cold . The ox , which lately did for shelter flie Into the stall , doth now securely lie ...
... doth lour , Nor hath the scalding noon - day Sun the power To melt that marble ice , which still doth hold Her heart congeal'd , and makes her pity cold . The ox , which lately did for shelter flie Into the stall , doth now securely lie ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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