A Book of English Literature, Volume 1Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin |
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... appear . And now , farewell , my darling dear . 370 THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS EDWARD 1. " Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid , Edward , Edward , 5. " And what wul ye doe wi your towirs and your ha , Edward , Edward ...
... appear . And now , farewell , my darling dear . 370 THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS EDWARD 1. " Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid , Edward , Edward , 5. " And what wul ye doe wi your towirs and your ha , Edward , Edward ...
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... appear : Yet Leda was , they say , as white as he , Yet not so white as these , nor nothing neare : So purely white they were , 45 That even the gentle streame , the which them bare , Seem'd foule to them , and bad his bil- lowes spare ...
... appear : Yet Leda was , they say , as white as he , Yet not so white as these , nor nothing neare : So purely white they were , 45 That even the gentle streame , the which them bare , Seem'd foule to them , and bad his bil- lowes spare ...
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... appear , ney , For there Christ is the King's Attorney , 40 Who pleads for all , without degrees , And he hath angels but no fees . And when the grand twelve million jury Of our sins , with direful fury , Against our souls black ...
... appear , ney , For there Christ is the King's Attorney , 40 Who pleads for all , without degrees , And he hath angels but no fees . And when the grand twelve million jury Of our sins , with direful fury , Against our souls black ...
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... appear As any challenged echo clear ; 1 neatly . 5 E'en from my heart the strings do break . WHEN THOU MUST HOME When thou must home to shades of under- ground , And there arrived , a new admired guest , The beauteous spirits do engirt ...
... appear As any challenged echo clear ; 1 neatly . 5 E'en from my heart the strings do break . WHEN THOU MUST HOME When thou must home to shades of under- ground , And there arrived , a new admired guest , The beauteous spirits do engirt ...
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... appear , And make those flights upon the banks of Thames , 16 | HARK , NOW EVERYTHING IS STILL A midnight. Triumph , my Britain , thou hast one to show 46 To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe . He was not of an age , but for all time ...
... appear , And make those flights upon the banks of Thames , 16 | HARK , NOW EVERYTHING IS STILL A midnight. Triumph , my Britain , thou hast one to show 46 To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe . He was not of an age , but for all time ...
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Page 114 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.
Page 73 - When, in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries And look upon myself and curse my fate. Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd, Desiring this man's art and that man's scope.
Page 88 - A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 293 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary and cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it.
Page 293 - years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor «» Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Page 185 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple. Who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter ? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing.
Page 114 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Page 181 - I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys" a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the Earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of...
Page 252 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Page 73 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste: Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow, For precious friends hid in death's dateless night...