Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 |
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Page 44
... Fame , Cease to recite thy sacred name . ROSALIND'S MADRIGAL . Love in my bosom , like a bee , Doth suck his sweet : Now with his wings he plays with me , Now with his feet : Within mine eyes he makes his nest , His bed amidst my tender ...
... Fame , Cease to recite thy sacred name . ROSALIND'S MADRIGAL . Love in my bosom , like a bee , Doth suck his sweet : Now with his wings he plays with me , Now with his feet : Within mine eyes he makes his nest , His bed amidst my tender ...
Page 49
... fame ) , From whence thy race , thy noble grandsires came To famous England , that kind nurse of mine , Thy Surrey sends to heav'nly Geraldine . Yet let not Tuscan think I do it wrong , That I from thence write in my native tongue ...
... fame ) , From whence thy race , thy noble grandsires came To famous England , that kind nurse of mine , Thy Surrey sends to heav'nly Geraldine . Yet let not Tuscan think I do it wrong , That I from thence write in my native tongue ...
Page 51
... fame can lend , That lion placed in our bright silver bend , Which as a trophy beautifies our shield , Since Scottish blood discolour'd Floden field ; When the proud Cheviot our brave ensign bare , As a rich jewel in a lady's hair , And ...
... fame can lend , That lion placed in our bright silver bend , Which as a trophy beautifies our shield , Since Scottish blood discolour'd Floden field ; When the proud Cheviot our brave ensign bare , As a rich jewel in a lady's hair , And ...
Page 61
... Fame's but a hollow echo , gold pure clay , Honour the darling but of one short day , Beauty , th ' eye's idol , but a damask'd skin , State but a golden prison to live in And torture free - born minds ; embroider'd trains Merely but ...
... Fame's but a hollow echo , gold pure clay , Honour the darling but of one short day , Beauty , th ' eye's idol , but a damask'd skin , State but a golden prison to live in And torture free - born minds ; embroider'd trains Merely but ...
Page 63
... Fame , And make what's long since past , like that's to be ; If virtue only be an idle name , If being born I was but born to die ; Why seek I to prolong these loathsome days ? The fairest rose in shortest time decays . SWEET Soul ...
... Fame , And make what's long since past , like that's to be ; If virtue only be an idle name , If being born I was but born to die ; Why seek I to prolong these loathsome days ? The fairest rose in shortest time decays . SWEET Soul ...
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