Specimens of the British Poets ...W. Suttaby, 1809 |
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... Soon doth it fade that makes the fairest flourish , Short is the glory of the blushing rose : The hue which thou so carefully dost nourish , Yet which at length thou must be forc'd to lose . When thou , surcharg'd with burthen of thy ...
... Soon doth it fade that makes the fairest flourish , Short is the glory of the blushing rose : The hue which thou so carefully dost nourish , Yet which at length thou must be forc'd to lose . When thou , surcharg'd with burthen of thy ...
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... soon deceived by subtle hook . Yea , man himself , unto whose will All things are bounden to obey , For all his wit and worthy skill , Doth fade at length , and fall away . There is nothing but time doth waste , The heav'ns , the earth ...
... soon deceived by subtle hook . Yea , man himself , unto whose will All things are bounden to obey , For all his wit and worthy skill , Doth fade at length , and fall away . There is nothing but time doth waste , The heav'ns , the earth ...
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... Soon break , soon wither , soon forgotten , In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of straw , and ivy buds , Thy coral clasps and amber studs ; All these in me no means can move To come to thee and be thy love . But could youth ...
... Soon break , soon wither , soon forgotten , In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of straw , and ivy buds , Thy coral clasps and amber studs ; All these in me no means can move To come to thee and be thy love . But could youth ...
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... soon as Clarion he did behold , His heart with vengeful malice inly swelt , And weaving straight a net with many a fold About the cave , in which he lurking dwelt , With fine small cords about it stretched wide , So finely spun that ...
... soon as Clarion he did behold , His heart with vengeful malice inly swelt , And weaving straight a net with many a fold About the cave , in which he lurking dwelt , With fine small cords about it stretched wide , So finely spun that ...
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... soon to sadder tenour turn , And teach the woods and waters to lament Your doleful dreriment ; Now lay those sorrowful complaints aside , And having all your heads with girlands crown'd , Help me mine own love's praises to resound , Ne ...
... soon to sadder tenour turn , And teach the woods and waters to lament Your doleful dreriment ; Now lay those sorrowful complaints aside , And having all your heads with girlands crown'd , Help me mine own love's praises to resound , Ne ...
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Arachne azure rays beauteous beauty birds breast breath bright Castara charms Corydon crown'd Cupid dear death delight dight doth e'er earth eccho ring eyes face fair fame fancy fate fear flame flowers gentle GEORGE GASCOIGNE give goddess golden goodly grace grief ground hand happy hast hath head hear heart heaven heavenly Hecat's honour Hymen Jove king kiss light live lov'd love's lovely band lover Lubberkin lute lyre maid mighty mind Muse ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er Pallas passion pity pleasures poets praise pride rage rose shade shepherd shine sighs sight sing sleep smile soft SONG SONNETS sorrow soul spide sung swain sweet tears Tell Tereu thee thine things thou art thou dost thought Twas unto vermil virtue wanton ween Whilst wind wings woods youth
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Página 216 - Jubal struck the chorded shell, His listening brethren stood around, And, wondering, on their faces fell, To worship that celestial sound. Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well.
Página 183 - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold, The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Página 38 - There will we sit upon the rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.
Página 18 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted...
Página 40 - Say to the court, it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church, it shows What's good, and doth no good. If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates they live Acting by others' action; Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction.
Página 210 - TwAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Página 190 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish...
Página 216 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Página 182 - Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing; And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure; But first, and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation...
Página 223 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.