The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 221807 |
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... his wicked will : At board and bed was affable and kind , According as their marriage - vow did bind , And as the church's precept had injoin'd . 75 70 E'en since she was a se'nnight old , they say A 2 THE COCK AND THE FOX .
... his wicked will : At board and bed was affable and kind , According as their marriage - vow did bind , And as the church's precept had injoin'd . 75 70 E'en since she was a se'nnight old , they say A 2 THE COCK AND THE FOX .
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John Bell. E'en since she was a se'nnight old , they say , Was chaste and humble to her dying day ; Nor , chick nor hen , was known to disobey . 80 By this her husband's heart she did obtain ; What cannot beauty , join'd with virtue ...
John Bell. E'en since she was a se'nnight old , they say , Was chaste and humble to her dying day ; Nor , chick nor hen , was known to disobey . 80 By this her husband's heart she did obtain ; What cannot beauty , join'd with virtue ...
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... E'en still I run all over in a sweat , ' My princely senses not recover'd yet , For such a dream I had of dire potent , " That much I fear my body will be shent : 110 " It bodes I shall have wars and woeful strife , ' Or in a loathsome ...
... E'en still I run all over in a sweat , ' My princely senses not recover'd yet , For such a dream I had of dire potent , " That much I fear my body will be shent : 110 " It bodes I shall have wars and woeful strife , ' Or in a loathsome ...
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... e'en in open day , The mischief overtook her on the way : • Whether she sprung a leak , I cannot find ; 355 Or whether she was overset with wind ; ' Or that some rock , below , her bottom rent ; ' But down , at once , with all her crew ...
... e'en in open day , The mischief overtook her on the way : • Whether she sprung a leak , I cannot find ; 355 Or whether she was overset with wind ; ' Or that some rock , below , her bottom rent ; ' But down , at once , with all her crew ...
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... e'en , already , I forget my dream . ' He said ; and downward flew from off the beam , For day - light now began apace to spring , The thrush to whistle , and the lark to sing . Then crowing clapp'd his wings , th ' appointed call , To ...
... e'en , already , I forget my dream . ' He said ; and downward flew from off the beam , For day - light now began apace to spring , The thrush to whistle , and the lark to sing . Then crowing clapp'd his wings , th ' appointed call , To ...
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Page 121 - Behold the fruit of ill-rewarded pain .. As many months as I sustain'd her hate, So many years is she condemned by Fate To daily death ; and every several place, Conscious of her disdain and my disgrace, Must witness her just punishment ; and be A scene of triumph and revenge to me ! As in this grove I took my last...
Page 24 - Add, that the rich have still a gibe in store, And will be monstrous witty on the poor; For the torn surtout and the tatter'd vest, The wretch and all his wardrobe are a jest; The greasy gown sully'd with often turning, Gives a good hint to say the man's in mourning; Or if the shoe be ript, or patch is put, He's wounded ! see the plaster on his foot.
Page 8 - But oh! what joy it was to hear him sing In summer, when the day began to spring, Stretching his neck, and warbling in his throat; Solus cum sola then was all his note.
Page 157 - Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes...
Page 144 - Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand ; This was the morn when, issuing on the guard, Drawn up in rank and file they stood prepared Of seeming arms to make a short essay, Then hasten to be drunk, the business of the day.
Page 11 - pothecary near, I dare for once prescribe for your disease, And save long bills, and a damn'd doctor's fees.
Page 79 - For, letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky...
Page 157 - What is't to me, Who never sail in her unfaithful sea, If storms arise and clouds grow black, If the mast split, and threaten wreck ? Then let the greedy merchant fear For his ill-gotten gain ; And pray to gods that will not hear, While the debating winds and billows bear J His wealth into the main.
Page 74 - Want is a bitter and a hateful good, Because its virtues are not understood : Yet many things, impossible to thought, Have been by need to full perfection brought : The daring of the soul proceeds from thence...
Page 64 - Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it pursue.