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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When to myself I act , and smile , With pleasing thoughts the time beguile ; By a
brook - side , or wood so green , Unheard , unsought - for , or unseen , A
thousand pleasures do me bless , And crown my soul with happiness . All my
joys ...
When to myself I act , and smile , With pleasing thoughts the time beguile ; By a
brook - side , or wood so green , Unheard , unsought - for , or unseen , A
thousand pleasures do me bless , And crown my soul with happiness . All my
joys ...
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Methinks I hear , methinks I see Ghosts , goblins , fiends : my phantasie Presents
a thousand ugly shapes , Headless bears , black men , and apes . Doleful
outcries , fearful sights , My sad and dismal soul affrights . All my griefs to this are
jolly ...
Methinks I hear , methinks I see Ghosts , goblins , fiends : my phantasie Presents
a thousand ugly shapes , Headless bears , black men , and apes . Doleful
outcries , fearful sights , My sad and dismal soul affrights . All my griefs to this are
jolly ...
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No torment is so bad as love , So bitter to my soul can prove . All my griefs to this
are jolly , Nought so harsh as melancholy . Friends and companions , get you
gone , ' Tis my desire to be alone ; Ne ' er well , but when my thoughts and I Do ...
No torment is so bad as love , So bitter to my soul can prove . All my griefs to this
are jolly , Nought so harsh as melancholy . Friends and companions , get you
gone , ' Tis my desire to be alone ; Ne ' er well , but when my thoughts and I Do ...
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... Pleasing , though it kill the whiles , Where death and love in pretty wiles Each
other mutually beguiles . It is fair beauty ' s freshest youth : It is a feigned Elisium '
s truth , The spring that winter ' d hearts renew ' th , And this is that my soul pursu
...
... Pleasing , though it kill the whiles , Where death and love in pretty wiles Each
other mutually beguiles . It is fair beauty ' s freshest youth : It is a feigned Elisium '
s truth , The spring that winter ' d hearts renew ' th , And this is that my soul pursu
...
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Why should heav ' n - banish ' d souls thus love The cause and bounds of their
exile , Where they as restless strangers stray ? And with such pain why should
they reave That which they have no right to have , Which , with themselves ,
within ...
Why should heav ' n - banish ' d souls thus love The cause and bounds of their
exile , Where they as restless strangers stray ? And with such pain why should
they reave That which they have no right to have , Which , with themselves ,
within ...
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