Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Times, Volume 1Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers |
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... fair , those crystal eyes ) , 128 ROBERT HERRICK , Sic Vita , 128 To Blossoms , · The Dirge , 128 To Daffodils , FRANCIS BEAUMONT , 128 The Kiss - a Dialogue , Letter to Ben Jonson , 129 On the Tombs in Westminster , 129 To the Virgins ...
... fair , those crystal eyes ) , 128 ROBERT HERRICK , Sic Vita , 128 To Blossoms , · The Dirge , 128 To Daffodils , FRANCIS BEAUMONT , 128 The Kiss - a Dialogue , Letter to Ben Jonson , 129 On the Tombs in Westminster , 129 To the Virgins ...
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... fair ambuland horse they set , That were all white , fair , and great ; And everich one ride on side . The saddles were of such a pride , So rich saw she never none ; With pearls and gold so well begone , In kirtles and in copes rich ...
... fair ambuland horse they set , That were all white , fair , and great ; And everich one ride on side . The saddles were of such a pride , So rich saw she never none ; With pearls and gold so well begone , In kirtles and in copes rich ...
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... fair ; and in the corners set Ane arbour green , with wandis long and small Railed about , and so with trees set Was all the place , and hawthorn hedges knet , That lyf was none walking there forbye , That might within scarce any wight ...
... fair ; and in the corners set Ane arbour green , with wandis long and small Railed about , and so with trees set Was all the place , and hawthorn hedges knet , That lyf was none walking there forbye , That might within scarce any wight ...
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... fair for to behold , And when mine ears ' gan first to hark The pleasant words that thou me told , I would as then I had been free From ears to hear and eyes to see . And when in mind I did consent To follow thus my fancy's will , And ...
... fair for to behold , And when mine ears ' gan first to hark The pleasant words that thou me told , I would as then I had been free From ears to hear and eyes to see . And when in mind I did consent To follow thus my fancy's will , And ...
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... fair sister , cry peep , where'er thou be . ' The landwart mouse lay flatlings on the ground , And for the deid sho was full sair dreadand , For till her heart strake mony a waeful stound , As in a fever trembling foot and hand ; And ...
... fair sister , cry peep , where'er thou be . ' The landwart mouse lay flatlings on the ground , And for the deid sho was full sair dreadand , For till her heart strake mony a waeful stound , As in a fever trembling foot and hand ; And ...
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