Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices,Oliver & Boyd, 1828 - 560 páginas |
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... Rose was written to cele- brate the union of James IV . with Margaret of Tudor , daughter of Henry VII . It opens with a fine description of the return of spring . The young May , who is personified with many touches of beauty , stands ...
... Rose was written to cele- brate the union of James IV . with Margaret of Tudor , daughter of Henry VII . It opens with a fine description of the return of spring . The young May , who is personified with many touches of beauty , stands ...
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... ROSE , or the Queen , is then delicately re- commended to the tenderness and protection of the THISTLE , addressed in some ornate verses , and exalted above the Lily , -a courtly compliment to the House of Tudor at the expense of that ...
... ROSE , or the Queen , is then delicately re- commended to the tenderness and protection of the THISTLE , addressed in some ornate verses , and exalted above the Lily , -a courtly compliment to the House of Tudor at the expense of that ...
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... rose , and set at ordered times , And shot a day - spring into distant climes ; Ennobling every region that he chose , He sunk in Greece , in Italy arose ; And tedious years of Gothic darkness past , Emerged all splendour in our isle at ...
... rose , and set at ordered times , And shot a day - spring into distant climes ; Ennobling every region that he chose , He sunk in Greece , in Italy arose ; And tedious years of Gothic darkness past , Emerged all splendour in our isle at ...
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... rose to record them ; and the few worthless names which remain in poetical his- tory at this time rather serve to cumber the memory than to add to the stores of knowledge or pleasure . The settlement of the government by Henry VII . is ...
... rose to record them ; and the few worthless names which remain in poetical his- tory at this time rather serve to cumber the memory than to add to the stores of knowledge or pleasure . The settlement of the government by Henry VII . is ...
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... rose at once a lake - fed mighty river . Disdaining the augmentation of the scanty rills and tributary streams , which fell into its channels in its lengthened course , it burst away in impetuous grandeur . In following its track , we ...
... rose at once a lake - fed mighty river . Disdaining the augmentation of the scanty rills and tributary streams , which fell into its channels in its lengthened course , it burst away in impetuous grandeur . In following its track , we ...
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Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain ... John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) Visualização integral - 1828 |
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