Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... hills and the dales enjoyed the sun * equally . O thou vir- gin that shinest like the snow on the brows of Arun , like the fine spiders ' webs on the grass on a summer's day ! - The army at Offa's dyke panted for glory ; the soldiers of ...
... hills and the dales enjoyed the sun * equally . O thou vir- gin that shinest like the snow on the brows of Arun , like the fine spiders ' webs on the grass on a summer's day ! - The army at Offa's dyke panted for glory ; the soldiers of ...
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... hills after a fatiguing ramble , the cor- ruptions of all divisions of society are exposed and chastised . The visions , forwarded by the agency of such personifications as Avarice , Bribery , Simony , Conscience , & c . , exhibit ...
... hills after a fatiguing ramble , the cor- ruptions of all divisions of society are exposed and chastised . The visions , forwarded by the agency of such personifications as Avarice , Bribery , Simony , Conscience , & c . , exhibit ...
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... hill , under a bent , ( b ) There stode the temple ' of Mars armipotent , Wrought all of burnyd ( c ) stele : of which th ' entrè Was long , and streight , and gastly for to se : And therout came such a rage and avyse ( d ) That it made ...
... hill , under a bent , ( b ) There stode the temple ' of Mars armipotent , Wrought all of burnyd ( c ) stele : of which th ' entrè Was long , and streight , and gastly for to se : And therout came such a rage and avyse ( d ) That it made ...
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... hill in his thirty - first year , one of the noblest of the many victims immolated by the vindictive tyrant who sent him thither . The only consolation that re- mains for his death , is , that he and all the nobility of England stood ...
... hill in his thirty - first year , one of the noblest of the many victims immolated by the vindictive tyrant who sent him thither . The only consolation that re- mains for his death , is , that he and all the nobility of England stood ...
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... hill , and eke the vale ; The nightingale , with feathers new , she sings , The turtle to her mate hath told her tale . Summer is come ; for every spray now springs . The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The buck in brake his ...
... hill , and eke the vale ; The nightingale , with feathers new , she sings , The turtle to her mate hath told her tale . Summer is come ; for every spray now springs . The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The buck in brake his ...
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