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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... rests on others fame . Begotten onely to molest Our peace , and to beguile ( The best thing of our life ) our rest , And give us up to toil ! Ulisses . Delicious Nimph , suppose there were No honour , or report , Yet manlines would ...
... rests on others fame . Begotten onely to molest Our peace , and to beguile ( The best thing of our life ) our rest , And give us up to toil ! Ulisses . Delicious Nimph , suppose there were No honour , or report , Yet manlines would ...
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... rest , And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world - wearied flesh . Eyes , look your last ! Arms , take your last embrace ! and , lips , O you The doors of breath , seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to ...
... rest , And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world - wearied flesh . Eyes , look your last ! Arms , take your last embrace ! and , lips , O you The doors of breath , seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to ...
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... rest in Nature , not the God of Nature : So both should losers be . ' Yet let him keep the rest , But keep them , with repining restlessness ; Let him be rich and wearie that at least , If goodnesse lead him not , yet wearinesse May ...
... rest in Nature , not the God of Nature : So both should losers be . ' Yet let him keep the rest , But keep them , with repining restlessness ; Let him be rich and wearie that at least , If goodnesse lead him not , yet wearinesse May ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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