Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 1William and Robert Chambers, 1843 - English literature |
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... heaven , the might of the creator , and his counsel , the glory - father of men ! how he of all wonders , the eternal lord , formed the beginning . He first created for the children of men heaven as a roof , the holy creator ! then the ...
... heaven , the might of the creator , and his counsel , the glory - father of men ! how he of all wonders , the eternal lord , formed the beginning . He first created for the children of men heaven as a roof , the holy creator ! then the ...
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... heaven receive her colour white : Her golden tressit hairis redomite , 3 Like to Apollo's beamis tho ' they shone , Suld not him blind fro ' love that is perfite ; All love is lost but upon God alone . The Merle said , Love is cause of ...
... heaven receive her colour white : Her golden tressit hairis redomite , 3 Like to Apollo's beamis tho ' they shone , Suld not him blind fro ' love that is perfite ; All love is lost but upon God alone . The Merle said , Love is cause of ...
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... heaven's hard disgrace , Or wrath of cruel wight on thee ywrake , Or self - disliked life , doth thee thus wretched make ? If heaven , then none may it redress or blame , Since to his power we all are subject born : If wrathful wight ...
... heaven's hard disgrace , Or wrath of cruel wight on thee ywrake , Or self - disliked life , doth thee thus wretched make ? If heaven , then none may it redress or blame , Since to his power we all are subject born : If wrathful wight ...
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... heaven's eastern face he bent ; His thoughts above all heavens uplifted were— The sins and errors which I now repent , Of my unbridled youth , O Father dear , Remember not , but let thy mercy fall And purge my faults and my offences all ...
... heaven's eastern face he bent ; His thoughts above all heavens uplifted were— The sins and errors which I now repent , Of my unbridled youth , O Father dear , Remember not , but let thy mercy fall And purge my faults and my offences all ...
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... heaven with my bootless cries , And look upon myself , and curse my fate , Wishing me like to one more rich in hope , Featur'd like him , like him with friends possess'd , Desiring this man's art , and that man's scope , With what I ...
... heaven with my bootless cries , And look upon myself , and curse my fate , Wishing me like to one more rich in hope , Featur'd like him , like him with friends possess'd , Desiring this man's art , and that man's scope , With what I ...
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Page 108 - books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ;
Page 308 - replied, and touch'd my trembling ears; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in
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Page 169 - there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that, with his tiger's heart wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you ; and being an absolute Johannes Fac-totum, is, in his own conceit, the only
Page 306 - meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap'd
Page 188 - show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. Merchant
Page 183 - to love thcc ; Had I not found the slightest prayer That lip
Page 200 - Place«. » The Turk. Choice nymph ! the crown of chaste Diana's train, Thou beauty's lily, set in heavenly earth ; Thy fairs, uupattern'd, all perfection stain