Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, Volume 31801 |
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... sigh , I grieve , making great moan , In a dark grove , or irksome den , With discontents and furies , then A thousand miseries at once Mine heavy heart and soul ensconce . All my griefs to this are jolly , None so sour as melancholy ...
... sigh , I grieve , making great moan , In a dark grove , or irksome den , With discontents and furies , then A thousand miseries at once Mine heavy heart and soul ensconce . All my griefs to this are jolly , None so sour as melancholy ...
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... O sweet content , In Paradise my time is spent ! Such thought may still my fancy move , So may I ever be in love ! All my joys to this are folly , Nought so sweet as melancholy . When I recount love's many frights , My sighs and [ 8 ]
... O sweet content , In Paradise my time is spent ! Such thought may still my fancy move , So may I ever be in love ! All my joys to this are folly , Nought so sweet as melancholy . When I recount love's many frights , My sighs and [ 8 ]
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English poets George Ellis. When I recount love's many frights , My sighs and tears , my waking nights , My jealous fits ; O mine hard fate I now repent , but ' tis too late . No torment is so bad as love , So bitter to my soul can prove ...
English poets George Ellis. When I recount love's many frights , My sighs and tears , my waking nights , My jealous fits ; O mine hard fate I now repent , but ' tis too late . No torment is so bad as love , So bitter to my soul can prove ...
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... sighs , and bootless tears . Long suits in vain , Hate for good will , Still - dying pain , Yet living still : Self - loving pride , Looks coyly strange , Will , reason's ' guide , Desire of change , And last of all Blind fancy's fire ...
... sighs , and bootless tears . Long suits in vain , Hate for good will , Still - dying pain , Yet living still : Self - loving pride , Looks coyly strange , Will , reason's ' guide , Desire of change , And last of all Blind fancy's fire ...
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... sighs the strings do break . And as her lute doth live or die Led by her passions , so must I : For when of pleasure she doth sing , My thoughts enjoy a sudden spring ; But if she do of sorrow speak , Ev'n from my heart the strings do ...
... sighs the strings do break . And as her lute doth live or die Led by her passions , so must I : For when of pleasure she doth sing , My thoughts enjoy a sudden spring ; But if she do of sorrow speak , Ev'n from my heart the strings do ...
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