The Suffolk Garland: Or, a Collection of Poems, Songs, Tales, Ballads, Sonnets, and Elegies, Legendary and Romantic, Historical and Descriptive, Relative to that County; and Illustrative of Its Scenery, Places, Biography, Manners, Habits and CustomsJames Ford John Raw, 1818 - 404 pages |
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... doth show The euen course she keepes ; when farre she doth not flow , But Breton , a bright Nymph , fresh succour to her brings ; Yet is she not so proud of her superfluous Springs , But Orwell comming in from Ipswitch thinkest hat shee ...
... doth show The euen course she keepes ; when farre she doth not flow , But Breton , a bright Nymph , fresh succour to her brings ; Yet is she not so proud of her superfluous Springs , But Orwell comming in from Ipswitch thinkest hat shee ...
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... doth cry , With cap and knee they court'sy make , But none of them would pity take . Lo , here a princess of great blood Doth pray a peasant for relief , With tears bedewed as she stood , Yet few or none regard her grief . Her speech ...
... doth cry , With cap and knee they court'sy make , But none of them would pity take . Lo , here a princess of great blood Doth pray a peasant for relief , With tears bedewed as she stood , Yet few or none regard her grief . Her speech ...
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... doth Lydgate lie , In former times fam'd for his poetry All over England . In his Prologue to " The Story of Thebes , " he gives the following description of himself , his horse , and his servant , at the command of mine host of the ...
... doth Lydgate lie , In former times fam'd for his poetry All over England . In his Prologue to " The Story of Thebes , " he gives the following description of himself , his horse , and his servant , at the command of mine host of the ...
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... doth lie , Who sometime made the Points of Husbandry : By him then learn thou may'st , here learn we must , When all is done , we sleep , and turn to dust : And yet , through Christ , to heaven we hope to go , Who reads his books ...
... doth lie , Who sometime made the Points of Husbandry : By him then learn thou may'st , here learn we must , When all is done , we sleep , and turn to dust : And yet , through Christ , to heaven we hope to go , Who reads his books ...
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... Will now with me , no better be , Than doth appear : Nor let it grieve , that thus I live , But rather guess , for quietness , As others do , so do I too , Content me here . By leave and love of God above , I mind 257.
... Will now with me , no better be , Than doth appear : Nor let it grieve , that thus I live , But rather guess , for quietness , As others do , so do I too , Content me here . By leave and love of God above , I mind 257.
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Page 28 - Where other cares than those the Muse relates, And other shepherds dwell with other mates ; By such examples taught, I paint the Cot, As Truth...
Page vi - Cowley: so, on the contrary, an ordinary song or ballad, that is the delight of the common people, cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend it to the most ordinary reader, will appear beautiful to the most refined.
Page 273 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Page 141 - She turn'd— it stopt !— nought could she see Upon the gloomy plain ; But, as she strove the Sprite to flee, She heard the same again. Now terror seized her quaking frame ; For, where the path was bare. The trotting Ghost kept on the same : She mutter'd many a pray'r.
Page 377 - Yet Plenty reigns , and from her boundless hoard, Though not one jelly trembles on the board, Supplies the feast with all that sense can crave; With all that made our great forefathers brave, Ere the cloy'd palate countless flavours tried, And cooks had Nature's judgment set aside.
Page 271 - Divines and dying men may talk of hell, But in my heart her several torments dwell.
Page 28 - There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade...
Page 378 - Here once a year Distinction low'rs its crest, The master, servant, and the merry guest, Are equal all; and round the happy ring The reaper's eyes exulting glances fling, And, warm'd with gratitude, he quits his place, With sun-burnt hands and...
Page 115 - Pray, sir, did you not send for me," By such a messenger ? said she : Which made his hair stare on his head, As knowing well that he was dead. " Where is he ? " then to her he said ; " He's in the stable," quoth the maid. " Go in," said he, " and go to bed ; " I'll see the horse well littered.
Page 155 - O'er these waves for ever mourning Shall we roam deprived of rest, If to Britain's shores returning You neglect my just request ; After this proud foe subduing, When your patriot friends you see, Think on vengeance for my ruin, And for England shamed in me!