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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... shade of Chaucer : - Call him up who left half - told The story of Cambuscan bold ! All the Tales are allotted with equal proprie- ty and happiness to the different members of the group of Pilgrims ; but it is to be regretted that this ...
... shade of Chaucer : - Call him up who left half - told The story of Cambuscan bold ! All the Tales are allotted with equal proprie- ty and happiness to the different members of the group of Pilgrims ; but it is to be regretted that this ...
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... that mote bee ; For all that pleasing is to living eare Was there consorted in one harmonee ; Birdes , voices , instruments , windes , waters , all agree : The joyous birdes , shrouded in chearefull shade , Their 130 SPENSER .
... that mote bee ; For all that pleasing is to living eare Was there consorted in one harmonee ; Birdes , voices , instruments , windes , waters , all agree : The joyous birdes , shrouded in chearefull shade , Their 130 SPENSER .
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... shade , Their notes unto the voice attempted sweet , Th ' angelical soft trembling voyces made To th ' instruments divine respondence meet ; The silver - sounding instruments did meet With the base murmure of the waters fall ; The ...
... shade , Their notes unto the voice attempted sweet , Th ' angelical soft trembling voyces made To th ' instruments divine respondence meet ; The silver - sounding instruments did meet With the base murmure of the waters fall ; The ...
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... shade : Such laesinesse both lewd and poore attonce him made . He , comming home at undertyme , there found The fayrest creature that he ever saw Sitting beside his mother on the ground ; The sight whereof did greatly him adaw , And his ...
... shade : Such laesinesse both lewd and poore attonce him made . He , comming home at undertyme , there found The fayrest creature that he ever saw Sitting beside his mother on the ground ; The sight whereof did greatly him adaw , And his ...
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... shade : A net in th ' one hand , and a rusty blade In th ' other was ; this mischiefe , that mishap ; With th ' one his foes he threatned to invade , With th ' other he his friends ment to enwrap : For whom he could not kill he ...
... shade : A net in th ' one hand , and a rusty blade In th ' other was ; this mischiefe , that mishap ; With th ' one his foes he threatned to invade , With th ' other he his friends ment to enwrap : For whom he could not kill he ...
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