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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... light in at the doris shone , For window on the wall ne was ther none , Throgh which men mightin any light dissern . The dore was al of adamant eterne , Yclenchid overthwart and endelong , With iron tough , for to makin it strong ...
... light in at the doris shone , For window on the wall ne was ther none , Throgh which men mightin any light dissern . The dore was al of adamant eterne , Yclenchid overthwart and endelong , With iron tough , for to makin it strong ...
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... light as I.- And whan it falleth other gate , ( a ) So that hir liketh not to daunce , But on the dyes to cast a chaunce , Or aske of love some demaunde ; Or els that her list commaunde To rede and here of Troilus . This complaisance of ...
... light as I.- And whan it falleth other gate , ( a ) So that hir liketh not to daunce , But on the dyes to cast a chaunce , Or aske of love some demaunde ; Or els that her list commaunde To rede and here of Troilus . This complaisance of ...
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... light Of thilke sterre , that with her bemys bright , And with the shynynge of her stremes meryè , Is wont to glad all our hemisperie ! - ( a ) ( a ) Hemisphere . This sterre in beautie passith Pleiades , Bothe of shynynge 62 HISTORY OF ...
... light Of thilke sterre , that with her bemys bright , And with the shynynge of her stremes meryè , Is wont to glad all our hemisperie ! - ( a ) ( a ) Hemisphere . This sterre in beautie passith Pleiades , Bothe of shynynge 62 HISTORY OF ...
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... lights that streamed from Scotland . The first of these , in point of precedence and cultivation , if not of genius , is James I. , ( a ) Sphere . ( b ) Affright ; remove . ( d ) Burnished with gold . ( c ) Float ; drop . ( e ) Prologue ...
... lights that streamed from Scotland . The first of these , in point of precedence and cultivation , if not of genius , is James I. , ( a ) Sphere . ( b ) Affright ; remove . ( d ) Burnished with gold . ( c ) Float ; drop . ( e ) Prologue ...
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... branch . ( i ) The water blazed like a lamp , and threw about it shadowy gleams of twinkling light . high - raised edges or bank . ( k ) Boughs . ( 2 ) The There is much of the flowery voluptuousness of some of 72 122 HISTORY OF EARLY.
... branch . ( i ) The water blazed like a lamp , and threw about it shadowy gleams of twinkling light . high - raised edges or bank . ( k ) Boughs . ( 2 ) The There is much of the flowery voluptuousness of some of 72 122 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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