Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language;Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row., 1811 - English poetry |
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... hear , methinks I see Sweet music , wondrous melody , Towns , palaces , and cities fine , Here now , then there , the world is mine ; Rare beauties , gallant ladies shine , hate'er is lovely or divine . All other joys to this are folly ...
... hear , methinks I see Sweet music , wondrous melody , Towns , palaces , and cities fine , Here now , then there , the world is mine ; Rare beauties , gallant ladies shine , hate'er is lovely or divine . All other joys to this are folly ...
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... hear thy voice . And , to content my languishing desire , To ease my mind each thing * some help affords : Thy fancied form doth oft 5 such faith acquire , 6 That in all sounds I apprehend thy words . Then , with such thoughts my memory ...
... hear thy voice . And , to content my languishing desire , To ease my mind each thing * some help affords : Thy fancied form doth oft 5 such faith acquire , 6 That in all sounds I apprehend thy words . Then , with such thoughts my memory ...
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... hear More wraps my soul , than when the swelling winds On craggy rocks their whistling voices tear : Or when the sea , if stopt his course he finds , With broken murmurs thinks weak shores to fear , Scorning such sandy cords his proud ...
... hear More wraps my soul , than when the swelling winds On craggy rocks their whistling voices tear : Or when the sea , if stopt his course he finds , With broken murmurs thinks weak shores to fear , Scorning such sandy cords his proud ...
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... hear , and recompense my love ! Fair king , who all preserves , But shew thy blushing beams , And thou two sweeter eyes Shall see , than those which by Penéus ' streams Did once thy heart surprize . * * * * * * Now Flora deck thyself in ...
... hear , and recompense my love ! Fair king , who all preserves , But shew thy blushing beams , And thou two sweeter eyes Shall see , than those which by Penéus ' streams Did once thy heart surprize . * * * * * * Now Flora deck thyself in ...
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... hear A voice surpassing far Amphion's lyre , Your furious ' chiding stay ! Let Zephyr only breathe , And with her tresses play . * The winds all silent are , And Phoebus in his chair , Ensaffroning sea and air , Makes vanish every star ...
... hear A voice surpassing far Amphion's lyre , Your furious ' chiding stay ! Let Zephyr only breathe , And with her tresses play . * The winds all silent are , And Phoebus in his chair , Ensaffroning sea and air , Makes vanish every star ...
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