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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... thee , Mosbie , let our Spring - time wither , Our harvest else will yeeld but lothsome weedes . Forget I pray thee what hath past betwixt us , For now I blushe , and tremble at the thoughts . Mos . What , are you chang'd ? Al . Ay , to ...
... thee , Mosbie , let our Spring - time wither , Our harvest else will yeeld but lothsome weedes . Forget I pray thee what hath past betwixt us , For now I blushe , and tremble at the thoughts . Mos . What , are you chang'd ? Al . Ay , to ...
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... thee ; Ruthlesse beares , they will not cheer thee . King Pandion , hee is dead ; All thy friends are lapt in lead ; All thy fellow - birds doe singe , Carelesse of thy sorrowing ! Whilst as fickle Fortune smiled , Thou and I were both ...
... thee ; Ruthlesse beares , they will not cheer thee . King Pandion , hee is dead ; All thy friends are lapt in lead ; All thy fellow - birds doe singe , Carelesse of thy sorrowing ! Whilst as fickle Fortune smiled , Thou and I were both ...
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... thee by Chaucer , or Spenser , or bid Beaumont lie A little further off , to make thee room : Thou art a monument without a tomb , And art alive still , while thy book doth live , And we have wits to read and praise to give . That I not ...
... thee by Chaucer , or Spenser , or bid Beaumont lie A little further off , to make thee room : Thou art a monument without a tomb , And art alive still , while thy book doth live , And we have wits to read and praise to give . That I not ...
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HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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