American Poems (1625-1892)Walter Cochrane Bronson University of Chicago Press, 1912 - 669 pages |
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... of a poem , or give circumstances . connected with the composition of it ; ( 3 ) explanations of words , allusions , etc. , which the student or reader may find obscure ; ( 4 ) variant readings of a few poems , vi PREFACE.
... of a poem , or give circumstances . connected with the composition of it ; ( 3 ) explanations of words , allusions , etc. , which the student or reader may find obscure ; ( 4 ) variant readings of a few poems , vi PREFACE.
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... gives them ease . Each one doth modestly binde up his shame , And Deare - skin Start - ups reach up to the same ; A kinde of Pinsen keeps their feete from cold , Which after travels they put off , up - fold . 25 30 Themselves they warme ...
... gives them ease . Each one doth modestly binde up his shame , And Deare - skin Start - ups reach up to the same ; A kinde of Pinsen keeps their feete from cold , Which after travels they put off , up - fold . 25 30 Themselves they warme ...
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... Give Thyme or Parsley wreath , I ask no bayes : This mean and unrefined ure of mine , Will make your glistring gold but more to shine . 1650 . FROM OF THE FOUR AGES OF MAN Lo now four other act upon the stage : Childhood and Youth , the ...
... Give Thyme or Parsley wreath , I ask no bayes : This mean and unrefined ure of mine , Will make your glistring gold but more to shine . 1650 . FROM OF THE FOUR AGES OF MAN Lo now four other act upon the stage : Childhood and Youth , the ...
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... give precedency , And to the rest his reason mildly told , That he was young before he grew so old . To do as he each one full soon assents ; Their method was that of the Elements , That each should tell what of himself he knew , Both ...
... give precedency , And to the rest his reason mildly told , That he was young before he grew so old . To do as he each one full soon assents ; Their method was that of the Elements , That each should tell what of himself he knew , Both ...
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... give 25 And all that seem'd as dead afresh doth live : The croaking frogs , whom nipping winter kil'd , Like birds now chirp and hop about the field ; The Nightingale , the black bird , and the Thrush Now tune their layes on sprayes of ...
... give 25 And all that seem'd as dead afresh doth live : The croaking frogs , whom nipping winter kil'd , Like birds now chirp and hop about the field ; The Nightingale , the black bird , and the Thrush Now tune their layes on sprayes of ...
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Page 227 - Iron bells! What a world of solemn thought their monody compels! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan.
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