Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy, ed. by J. V. Prichard, Volume 21876 |
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... gave me some money my charges to beare , But swore me on a booke I must never come there . 80 " Next the Merchants said , ' Counterfeite , get thee away , Dost thou remember how wee thee fond ? We banisht thee the country beyond the ...
... gave me some money my charges to beare , But swore me on a booke I must never come there . 80 " Next the Merchants said , ' Counterfeite , get thee away , Dost thou remember how wee thee fond ? We banisht thee the country beyond the ...
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... Majesty's poetic talents , some Punning Verses made on the dis- putations at Stirling ; but it having been suggested to the Editor , that the king only gave the quibbling commendations in prose , 28 VERSES BY KING JAMES I.
... Majesty's poetic talents , some Punning Verses made on the dis- putations at Stirling ; but it having been suggested to the Editor , that the king only gave the quibbling commendations in prose , 28 VERSES BY KING JAMES I.
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... gave the quibbling commendations in prose , and that some obsequious court - rhymer put them into metre , ' it was thought proper to exchange them for two sonnets of King James's own composition . James was a great versifier , and ...
... gave the quibbling commendations in prose , and that some obsequious court - rhymer put them into metre , ' it was thought proper to exchange them for two sonnets of King James's own composition . James was a great versifier , and ...
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... gave away a jewel worth a thousand pounds , that was presented to him by the emperor , " because it came from an enemy to his royal mistress the Queen of Bohemia . " - See Biogr . Britan . This song is printed from the Reliquiæ ...
... gave away a jewel worth a thousand pounds , that was presented to him by the emperor , " because it came from an enemy to his royal mistress the Queen of Bohemia . " - See Biogr . Britan . This song is printed from the Reliquiæ ...
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... gave every child a thousand good pounds ; Like an old courtier , & c . But to his eldest son his house and land he assign'd , Charging him in his will to keep the old bountifull mind , To be good to his old tenants , and to his ...
... gave every child a thousand good pounds ; Like an old courtier , & c . But to his eldest son his house and land he assign'd , Charging him in his will to keep the old bountifull mind , To be good to his old tenants , and to his ...
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Page 34 - You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own; What are you when the rose is blown ? So, when my mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not design'd Th' eclipse and glory of her kind.
Page 160 - ... paid; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lip, the rose Growing on's cheek (but none knows how), With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin; All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes, She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this to thee? What shall, alas! become of me? THE SONGS OF BIRDS What bird so sings, yet so does wail? O 'tis the...
Page 383 - Translated. In 2 vols. History of Christian Dogmas. Translated. In 2 vols. • Christian Life in the Early and Middle Ages, including his 'Light in Dark Places.
Page 57 - WHY so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner?
Page 35 - An old song, made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate...
Page 318 - St. George he was for England ; St. Dennis was for France, Sing, Honi soit qui mal y pense.