Select Poetry, Chiefly Devotional, of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, Part 1Edward Farr |
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... true poetry ; while throughout the whole he will discern a purity of sentiment , with a devotional feeling which were characteristics of the age to which the volumes refer , and he will often find truly poetic ideas and vigorous ...
... true poetry ; while throughout the whole he will discern a purity of sentiment , with a devotional feeling which were characteristics of the age to which the volumes refer , and he will often find truly poetic ideas and vigorous ...
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... true testimonie of a faithfull and loyall subject ; " and " The right way to Heauen . " This latter work , from which our specimen is derived , was published in 1601 . XXVI . G. C. No mention is made of this author by Ritson . He wrote ...
... true testimonie of a faithfull and loyall subject ; " and " The right way to Heauen . " This latter work , from which our specimen is derived , was published in 1601 . XXVI . G. C. No mention is made of this author by Ritson . He wrote ...
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... true English subiects . Whereto be adioyned certaine pretie poemes written on the names of sundrie both noble and worshipfull . " This work was published in 1589 . LIX . EDWARD HAKE . EDWARD HAKE was educated under John Hopkins , the ...
... true English subiects . Whereto be adioyned certaine pretie poemes written on the names of sundrie both noble and worshipfull . " This work was published in 1589 . LIX . EDWARD HAKE . EDWARD HAKE was educated under John Hopkins , the ...
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... true picture of a modest maid , and of a chast and constant wife : " it was published in 1594 . ' LXXV . SAMUEL DANIEL . SAMUEL DANIEL was born in 1562 , and was educated at Magdalen Hall , Oxford . He became tutor to Lady Anne Clifford ...
... true picture of a modest maid , and of a chast and constant wife : " it was published in 1594 . ' LXXV . SAMUEL DANIEL . SAMUEL DANIEL was born in 1562 , and was educated at Magdalen Hall , Oxford . He became tutor to Lady Anne Clifford ...
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... true religion and their natiue countrie . " There is no date affixed to this work , but it bears internal evidence of having been written in the age of Elizabeth . LXXVII . T. PROCTOR . THE extract from this author is from " The Gallery ...
... true religion and their natiue countrie . " There is no date affixed to this work , but it bears internal evidence of having been written in the age of Elizabeth . LXXVII . T. PROCTOR . THE extract from this author is from " The Gallery ...
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angels ANTHONY MUNDAY behold blessed blisse bloud bounty endeth never brest Christ comfort Countess of Pembroke dayes Dayntie Deuises didst diuine dooth doth DUDLEY FENNER earth ELIZ eternall euen euery eyes farre feare flesh foes FRANCIS DAVISON George Gascoigne giue glorious glory God's godly grace hand hart hast hath haue heauen heavenly holy HUMPHREY GIFFORD infinite ioyes Jehova kindnesse lasteth King light liue Lord Lord Vaux loue mightie minde moue mynd neuer NICHOLAS BRETON nought Old Version paine Paradise of Dayntie poems POETS powre praise Psalms published put to death Queen Elizabeth raigne rest sacred shal shee shew sight sinfull sing sinne Sinner Sir Philip Sidney Sith song Sonne SONNET soule soule's sunne sweete thee thine things thou thought thy mercie truth unto vaine vertue vnto vpon wicked wisedome wishte wrote wyll wyshte
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Page xlvii - Hymns, is set forth, and allowed to be sung in all congregations of the said church, before and after Morning and Evening Prayer, and also before and after Sermons, at the discretion of the minister.
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