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, Volumen3 |
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It is the heaven ' s bright reflex , Weak eyes to dazzle and to vex ; . It is th ' idea of
her sex Envy of whom doth world perplex . It is a face of death that smiles ,
Pleasing , though it kill the whiles , Where death and love in pretty wiles Each
other ...
It is the heaven ' s bright reflex , Weak eyes to dazzle and to vex ; . It is th ' idea of
her sex Envy of whom doth world perplex . It is a face of death that smiles ,
Pleasing , though it kill the whiles , Where death and love in pretty wiles Each
other ...
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Ye who dwell above the skies , Free from human miseries ; Ye whom highest
heaven embowers , Praise the Lord with all your powers ? Angels ! your clear
voices raise , Him your heavenly armies praise . Sun , and moon with borrow ' d
light ...
Ye who dwell above the skies , Free from human miseries ; Ye whom highest
heaven embowers , Praise the Lord with all your powers ? Angels ! your clear
voices raise , Him your heavenly armies praise . Sun , and moon with borrow ' d
light ...
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Long their fix ' d eyes to heaven bent , Unchanged , they did never move , As if so
great and pure a love No glass but it could represent . When with a sweet and
troubled look , She first brake silence , saying , “ Dear friend , “ O that our love ...
Long their fix ' d eyes to heaven bent , Unchanged , they did never move , As if so
great and pure a love No glass but it could represent . When with a sweet and
troubled look , She first brake silence , saying , “ Dear friend , “ O that our love ...
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Else should our souls in vain elect ; « And vainer yet were heaven ' s laws , "
When to an everlasting cause “ They gave a perishing effect . “ Nor here on earth
then , nor above , “ Our good affection can impair : “ For where God doth admit
the ...
Else should our souls in vain elect ; « And vainer yet were heaven ' s laws , "
When to an everlasting cause “ They gave a perishing effect . “ Nor here on earth
then , nor above , “ Our good affection can impair : “ For where God doth admit
the ...
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Was ' t I , could dive , and sound each passion ' s secret depth at will , And from
those huge o ' erwhelmings rise by help of reason still ? And am I now , O
heavens ! for trying this in vain , So sunk , that I shall never rise again ? Then , let
despair ...
Was ' t I , could dive , and sound each passion ' s secret depth at will , And from
those huge o ' erwhelmings rise by help of reason still ? And am I now , O
heavens ! for trying this in vain , So sunk , that I shall never rise again ? Then , let
despair ...
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