Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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Page vii
... QUEEN ELIZABETH . ............... ... A Ditty ........ SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET . Induction to the Complaint of Henry Duke of Buckingham ........ GEORGE GASCOIGNE ...... Youth ............ The Lullaby of a Lover .. 117 118 119 121 122 ...
... QUEEN ELIZABETH . ............... ... A Ditty ........ SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET . Induction to the Complaint of Henry Duke of Buckingham ........ GEORGE GASCOIGNE ...... Youth ............ The Lullaby of a Lover .. 117 118 119 121 122 ...
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... Queen visiting Lady Anglesey .. ABRAHAM COWLEY ...... The Chronicle , a Ballad ... Honour ....... Of Solitude ........ ib . 217 218 219 221 ib . 222 223 224 ib . 227 228 JOHN MILTON ....... Song on May Morning .......... Extracts from ...
... Queen visiting Lady Anglesey .. ABRAHAM COWLEY ...... The Chronicle , a Ballad ... Honour ....... Of Solitude ........ ib . 217 218 219 221 ib . 222 223 224 ib . 227 228 JOHN MILTON ....... Song on May Morning .......... Extracts from ...
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... queen , And many bell of silver sheen , Y - fastened on orfraies of mound ( b ) That hangen near down to ground . Forth she fared mid her rout ; A thousand ladies of rich suit . A sparrow - hawk that was honest So sat on the lady's fist ...
... queen , And many bell of silver sheen , Y - fastened on orfraies of mound ( b ) That hangen near down to ground . Forth she fared mid her rout ; A thousand ladies of rich suit . A sparrow - hawk that was honest So sat on the lady's fist ...
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... Queen of Greece , who saddles and bridles the amorous philosopher , and rides him round her chamber . This tale or apologue is told in that mine of stories , called the Gesta Romanorum , from which our elder poets drew copiously ...
... Queen of Greece , who saddles and bridles the amorous philosopher , and rides him round her chamber . This tale or apologue is told in that mine of stories , called the Gesta Romanorum , from which our elder poets drew copiously ...
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... Queen to the interests of England , and to separate him from those of France , the natural ally of the Scottish monarchy . Romance never ended better than this tale of real life . The King sees the Lady Jane from his prison window at ...
... Queen to the interests of England , and to separate him from those of France , the natural ally of the Scottish monarchy . Romance never ended better than this tale of real life . The King sees the Lady Jane from his prison window at ...
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