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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... whose plumes glitter , sport on the bed of billows , and where herb . age growing in a solitary place is of a deep green . * That is , it was the hour of noon . tended the Danes in their subsequent invasion of England , 4 HISTORY OF EARLY.
... whose plumes glitter , sport on the bed of billows , and where herb . age growing in a solitary place is of a deep green . * That is , it was the hour of noon . tended the Danes in their subsequent invasion of England , 4 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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... green branches where the byrds blythly sang , With joyous voice in heavenly harmony ; When Wallace thought it was no time to lie ; He crossed himself , syne suddenly arose To take the air , out of his pallioun goes . Maister John Blair ...
... green branches where the byrds blythly sang , With joyous voice in heavenly harmony ; When Wallace thought it was no time to lie ; He crossed himself , syne suddenly arose To take the air , out of his pallioun goes . Maister John Blair ...
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... green , with wandis long and small Railed about , and so with treeis set Was all the place , and hawthorn hedges knet ; That life was none [ a ] walking there forby , That might within scarce any wight espie.- XIV . And on the smalle ...
... green , with wandis long and small Railed about , and so with treeis set Was all the place , and hawthorn hedges knet ; That life was none [ a ] walking there forby , That might within scarce any wight espie.- XIV . And on the smalle ...
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... Green is as just , if not so comprehensive , a picture of low - life as any that Chaucer has given . According to Mr Tytler , this prince improved the national music in a very high degree , though others reserve this praise for James V ...
... Green is as just , if not so comprehensive , a picture of low - life as any that Chaucer has given . According to Mr Tytler , this prince improved the national music in a very high degree , though others reserve this praise for James V ...
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... green rushes and reeds of an enamelled meadow . This fair group , Als fresche as flowrs that in the May upspreids In kirtills grene , withoutin kell ( a ) or bands Their bricht hair hung glittering on the strand In tressis cleir , wypit ...
... green rushes and reeds of an enamelled meadow . This fair group , Als fresche as flowrs that in the May upspreids In kirtills grene , withoutin kell ( a ) or bands Their bricht hair hung glittering on the strand In tressis cleir , wypit ...
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