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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Page 74
... song in his langage , Or telle him why this song was in usage ; This preyde he hym to construe and declare Ful often time upon his knowès bare . His felawe , which that elder was than he , Answerde hym thus : This song I have herd seye ...
... song in his langage , Or telle him why this song was in usage ; This preyde he hym to construe and declare Ful often time upon his knowès bare . His felawe , which that elder was than he , Answerde hym thus : This song I have herd seye ...
Page 217
... songs spiritualised , such as those that still retain the old first lines Quho is at my windo , quho ; Johne , cum kis me now ; Hay now the day dawis . One , Welcum , Fortoun , was as obviously a song of worldly love , which ...
... songs spiritualised , such as those that still retain the old first lines Quho is at my windo , quho ; Johne , cum kis me now ; Hay now the day dawis . One , Welcum , Fortoun , was as obviously a song of worldly love , which ...
Page 274
... song has been made . But into his comedies of Campaspe and of Sapho and Phao , both published in 1584 , Lyly introduces six or seven songs of a definitely artistic character , and these may be said to mark the advent of pure Elizabethan ...
... song has been made . But into his comedies of Campaspe and of Sapho and Phao , both published in 1584 , Lyly introduces six or seven songs of a definitely artistic character , and these may be said to mark the advent of pure Elizabethan ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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