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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... thou hast dere aboht , That thou levedest me noht ; Adam , thou havest aboht sore And I nil suffre that na more ; I shal the bringe of helle pine , They took - cause hands - back Condemned - cross Satan . Who is that ich here thore ...
... thou hast dere aboht , That thou levedest me noht ; Adam , thou havest aboht sore And I nil suffre that na more ; I shal the bringe of helle pine , They took - cause hands - back Condemned - cross Satan . Who is that ich here thore ...
Page 335
... Thou knowst it wel , and tis thy pollicie To forge distressfull lookes to wound a brest Where lies a heart that dies when thou art sad . It is not love , that loves to anger love . Al . It is not love , that loves to murther love . Mos ...
... Thou knowst it wel , and tis thy pollicie To forge distressfull lookes to wound a brest Where lies a heart that dies when thou art sad . It is not love , that loves to anger love . Al . It is not love , that loves to murther love . Mos ...
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... thou an envious traitor ; Who , under seeming honesty , hast vented The burden of thy rank o'erflowing gall . Oh , that thou wert my equal ; great in arms As the first Cæsar was , that I might kill thee Without stain to my honour ! Vent ...
... thou an envious traitor ; Who , under seeming honesty , hast vented The burden of thy rank o'erflowing gall . Oh , that thou wert my equal ; great in arms As the first Cæsar was , that I might kill thee Without stain to my honour ! Vent ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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