Daphnaïda: an elegieF. C. & J. Rivington, 1805 - English poetry |
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... tell me , Lady , wherefore doe you beare This bottle thus before you with fuch toile , XXI . 7. And , fitting & c . ] We meet with fomething like this , in our old metrical verfion of the first Pfalm : " Nor fate in fcorner's chair ...
... tell me , Lady , wherefore doe you beare This bottle thus before you with fuch toile , XXI . 7. And , fitting & c . ] We meet with fomething like this , in our old metrical verfion of the first Pfalm : " Nor fate in fcorner's chair ...
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... tell Of faire Serena ; who , as earft you heard , When firft the gentle Squire at variaunce fell With those two Carles , fled faft away , afeard XXX . 9. A great adventure , ] Of which , however , we re- ceive no further information ...
... tell Of faire Serena ; who , as earft you heard , When firft the gentle Squire at variaunce fell With those two Carles , fled faft away , afeard XXX . 9. A great adventure , ] Of which , however , we re- ceive no further information ...
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... tell him courteously befought , If such a beast they faw , which he had thether brought . VI . They anfwer'd him that no such beast they saw , which are apparently an immediate imitation of these in Chaucer , Houfe of Fame , ver . 133 ...
... tell him courteously befought , If such a beast they faw , which he had thether brought . VI . They anfwer'd him that no such beast they saw , which are apparently an immediate imitation of these in Chaucer , Houfe of Fame , ver . 133 ...
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... tell , Found her by fortune , which to him befell , In th ' open fields an infant left alone ; And , taking up , brought home and nourfed well As his owne chyld ; for other he had none ; XIII . 5. For feare & c . ] So , in his Shep ...
... tell , Found her by fortune , which to him befell , In th ' open fields an infant left alone ; And , taking up , brought home and nourfed well As his owne chyld ; for other he had none ; XIII . 5. For feare & c . ] So , in his Shep ...
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... tell : But she , that in the midst of them did stand , called Ariadne's crown , is very elegant and just : but our poet differs from the mythologists , in fuppofing that the Centaurs and Lapithæ fought at the wedding of Thefeus . If the ...
... tell : But she , that in the midst of them did stand , called Ariadne's crown , is very elegant and just : but our poet differs from the mythologists , in fuppofing that the Centaurs and Lapithæ fought at the wedding of Thefeus . If the ...
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Page 156 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Page 224 - Lastly, came Winter cloathed all in frize, Chattering his teeth for cold that did him chill...
Page 227 - And after her came jolly June, arrayd All in greene leaves, as he a player were; Yet in his time he wrought as well as playd, That by his plough-yrons mote right well appeare...
Page 234 - Then came old January, wrapped well In many weeds to keep the cold away; Yet did he quake and quiver, like to quell, And blowe his nayles to warme them if he may; For they were numbd with holding all the day An hatchet keene, with which he felled wood...
Page 224 - Then came the Autumne all in yellow clad, As though he joye'd in his plentious store, Laden with fruits that made him laugh, full glad That he had banisht hunger, which to-fore Had by the belly oft him pinche'd sore : Upon his head a wreath, that was enrold With ears of corne of every sort, he bore ; And in his hand a sickle he did holde, To reape the ripened fruits the which the earth had yold.
Page 231 - Then came October full of merry glee; For yet his noule was totty of the must. Which he was treading in the wine-fats see.
Page 96 - Pype, iolly shepheard, pype thou now apace Unto thy love that made thee low to lout ; Thy love is present there with thee in place ; Thy love is there advaunst to be another grace.
Page 244 - I well consider all that ye have sayd, And find that all things stedfastnes doe hate And changed be: yet being rightly wayd, They are not changed from their first estate; But by their change their being doe dilate: And turning to themselves at length againe, Doe worke their owne perfection so by fate: Then over them Change doth not rule and raigne; But they raigne over Change, and doe their states maintaine.
Page 236 - Yet is he nought but parting of the breath; Ne ought to see, but like a shade to weene, Unbodied, unsoul'd, unheard, unseene...
Page 265 - About us daylie, to worke our decay; That none, except a God, or God him guide, May them avoyde, or remedie provide.