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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... Grave of King Arthur . 371 The Crusade ....... 376 378 WILLIAM COWPER ............... .. Extract from Verses to the Yardley Oak ............ ib . Winter Evening in the Country ........ 381 Verses on the Loss of the Royal George ...
... Grave of King Arthur . 371 The Crusade ....... 376 378 WILLIAM COWPER ............... .. Extract from Verses to the Yardley Oak ............ ib . Winter Evening in the Country ........ 381 Verses on the Loss of the Royal George ...
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... Grave of Korner ... The Voice of Spring ... ........ MISS LANDON ....... Ballad of Cresentius ......... Extracts from the REV . GEORGE CRABBE . Improvisatrice ... 519 Phoebe Dawson ...... 487 ib . 488 493 ib . 501 ... ib . 502 503 504 ...
... Grave of Korner ... The Voice of Spring ... ........ MISS LANDON ....... Ballad of Cresentius ......... Extracts from the REV . GEORGE CRABBE . Improvisatrice ... 519 Phoebe Dawson ...... 487 ib . 488 493 ib . 501 ... ib . 502 503 504 ...
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... grave therin thy name , Scher shoulde thy soule be heven to have , & c . Another poet of later date , who took the same name of Piers Plowman - which long continued to be a favourite one with anonymous satirists of the clergy - promises ...
... grave therin thy name , Scher shoulde thy soule be heven to have , & c . Another poet of later date , who took the same name of Piers Plowman - which long continued to be a favourite one with anonymous satirists of the clergy - promises ...
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... grave . I hold him strictly twene my armès twein , Thou and Nature laide on me this charge ; He , guiltless , mustè with me suffer paine , And , sith thou art at freedom and at large , Let kindnesse ourè love not so discharge , But have ...
... grave . I hold him strictly twene my armès twein , Thou and Nature laide on me this charge ; He , guiltless , mustè with me suffer paine , And , sith thou art at freedom and at large , Let kindnesse ourè love not so discharge , But have ...
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... grave , a rather unusual circumstance with Henry's favourites . Mr Campbell says , that a tradition of this at- tachment long remained in the Wyatt family , and that the poetical name of his mistress is Anna . But the poeti- cal name of ...
... grave , a rather unusual circumstance with Henry's favourites . Mr Campbell says , that a tradition of this at- tachment long remained in the Wyatt family , and that the poetical name of his mistress is Anna . But the poeti- cal name of ...
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