Chaucer to BurnsH. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1913 |
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... half , with no better than Skelton's chopped straw till very near the end to replenish the manger . A large amount is chaff for us , both stories and sentiments ; not for the fourteenth century , which knew neither Plutarch , nor much ...
... half , with no better than Skelton's chopped straw till very near the end to replenish the manger . A large amount is chaff for us , both stories and sentiments ; not for the fourteenth century , which knew neither Plutarch , nor much ...
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William Stebbing. transmutation , in his borrowings of ideas and tone from a half - French Court , in his acceptance of foreign enrich- ments of his native tongue , is large enough for his admirers to be content to extol him , not for ...
William Stebbing. transmutation , in his borrowings of ideas and tone from a half - French Court , in his acceptance of foreign enrich- ments of his native tongue , is large enough for his admirers to be content to extol him , not for ...
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... half real . His friends were ever prepared to scour the Spanish Main for spoil . Hundreds of glorious failures were pining , writhing , in dungeons of the Inquisi- tion . A legion was fighting for the pure Faith in the Netherlands ...
... half real . His friends were ever prepared to scour the Spanish Main for spoil . Hundreds of glorious failures were pining , writhing , in dungeons of the Inquisi- tion . A legion was fighting for the pure Faith in the Netherlands ...
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... that Which they from God and angels cover not . " If for all a release , death surely was immediate bliss for one already half ethereal in life , whose pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks , and 78 FIVE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH VERSE.
... that Which they from God and angels cover not . " If for all a release , death surely was immediate bliss for one already half ethereal in life , whose pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks , and 78 FIVE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH VERSE.
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... half one of semi - recog- nition ! A harsh fate to have befallen as sweet and pure a singer as the whole Stuart period produced . The recep- tion of works spread over a long poetical career was not , in Vaughan's own lifetime ...
... half one of semi - recog- nition ! A harsh fate to have befallen as sweet and pure a singer as the whole Stuart period produced . The recep- tion of works spread over a long poetical career was not , in Vaughan's own lifetime ...
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A. B. Grosart admiration Andrew Marvell beauty Ben Jonson Book breast breath bright century charm Chaucer child contemporaries dead death delight doth dream Dryden E. K. Chambers Elegy English Epistle Epitaph eyes Faerie Queene fair fame fancy feel fire flowers G. A. Aitken garden genius gentle grace hand heart Heaven Henry Vaughan Hesperides honour hope Hudibras Hymn Ibid imagination inspiration Jonson King Lady less light literary literature live Lord lover Lucasta Mark Akenside melody Muse nature never night noble Numbers o'er passion pity Poems poet poet's poetic poetry Pope praise readers Richard Crashaw Richard Lovelace rose shade Shakespeare shine sigh sing sleep smiles soft song Sonnets soul spirit stanzas star sweet tears tenderness thee theme thought verse voice weep wild William Pickering winds wings wonder writer
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 77 - Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy...
Seite 50 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste...
Seite 161 - Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired ; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee ; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Seite 234 - Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 115 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower...
Seite 178 - To ALTHEA FROM PRISON WHEN Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair And fetter'd to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty.
Seite 200 - He makes the figs our mouths to meet. And throws the melons at our feet; But apples plants of such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice...
Seite 110 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest, may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul, when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.
Seite 51 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date...
Seite 299 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs, — and God has given my share, — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.