The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 1Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 |
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Page 171
... iwis , Through which the ground to praisen is . The birdes , that han left hir song , While they han suffred cold full strong , In wethers grille , and derke to sight , Ben in Mey for the Sunne bright , So glad , that they shew in ...
... iwis , Through which the ground to praisen is . The birdes , that han left hir song , While they han suffred cold full strong , In wethers grille , and derke to sight , Ben in Mey for the Sunne bright , So glad , that they shew in ...
Page 172
... iwis Full grimly with a great towaile . An image of another entaile , A lifte halfe was her fast by , Her name aboue her head saw I , And she was called Felony . Another image , that Uillany Icleped was , saw I and fonde Upon the wall ...
... iwis Full grimly with a great towaile . An image of another entaile , A lifte halfe was her fast by , Her name aboue her head saw I , And she was called Felony . Another image , that Uillany Icleped was , saw I and fonde Upon the wall ...
Page 173
... iwis shall neuer let , Some blame upon the folke to set . I trowe that if Enuie iwis , Knew the beste man that is , On this side or beyond the see , Yet somewhat lacken him would she : And if he were so hende and wise , That she ne ...
... iwis shall neuer let , Some blame upon the folke to set . I trowe that if Enuie iwis , Knew the beste man that is , On this side or beyond the see , Yet somewhat lacken him would she : And if he were so hende and wise , That she ne ...
Page 174
... iwis Is any poore man well ifed , Or well arrayed or icled , Or well beloued , in such wise , In honour that he may arise . All these thinges well auised , As I haue you er this deuised , With gold and azure ouer all , Depainted were ...
... iwis Is any poore man well ifed , Or well arrayed or icled , Or well beloued , in such wise , In honour that he may arise . All these thinges well auised , As I haue you er this deuised , With gold and azure ouer all , Depainted were ...
Page 175
... iwis , For woe and anguishe of this , Till at last bethought I mee , That by no way ne might it bee , That there nas ladder ne way to pace , Or hole , into so faire a place . Tho gan I go a full great paas , Enuiron , euen in compas ...
... iwis , For woe and anguishe of this , Till at last bethought I mee , That by no way ne might it bee , That there nas ladder ne way to pace , Or hole , into so faire a place . Tho gan I go a full great paas , Enuiron , euen in compas ...
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