Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of Each AuthorThomas Davison, 1825 - 562 pages |
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... never trompe of half so gret a soun . This Pardoner had here as yelwe as wax , Ful smothe it heng , as doth a strike of flax : By unces heng his lokkes that he hadde , And therwith he his shulders overspradde : Ful thinne it lay , by ...
... never trompe of half so gret a soun . This Pardoner had here as yelwe as wax , Ful smothe it heng , as doth a strike of flax : By unces heng his lokkes that he hadde , And therwith he his shulders overspradde : Ful thinne it lay , by ...
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... never yet no man on live , If that he coude a faucon wel descrive , That herd of swiche another , of fayrenesse As wel of plumage as of gentilesse , Of shape ; of all that might yrekened be . A faucon peregrine semed she Of fremde londe ...
... never yet no man on live , If that he coude a faucon wel descrive , That herd of swiche another , of fayrenesse As wel of plumage as of gentilesse , Of shape ; of all that might yrekened be . A faucon peregrine semed she Of fremde londe ...
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... never Jason ne Paris of Troye , Jason ! certes , ne never other man Sin Lamech was , that alderfirst began To loven two , as writen folk beforne ; Ne never , sithen the first man was borne , Ne coude man by twenty thousand part ...
... never Jason ne Paris of Troye , Jason ! certes , ne never other man Sin Lamech was , that alderfirst began To loven two , as writen folk beforne ; Ne never , sithen the first man was borne , Ne coude man by twenty thousand part ...
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... never were To Love untrue , in word , in thought , ne dede ; But ay stedfast ; ne for plesance ne fere , Tho that they shulde hir hertes all to tere , Woud never flit , but ever were stedfast , Till that hir lives there asunder brast ...
... never were To Love untrue , in word , in thought , ne dede ; But ay stedfast ; ne for plesance ne fere , Tho that they shulde hir hertes all to tere , Woud never flit , but ever were stedfast , Till that hir lives there asunder brast ...
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... never the lesse lighte parde . Have thou ynough , thee thar not plainen thee . " " Thou sayst also , if that we make us gay With clothing and with precious array , That it is peril of our chastitee . And yet , with sorwe , thou ...
... never the lesse lighte parde . Have thou ynough , thee thar not plainen thee . " " Thou sayst also , if that we make us gay With clothing and with precious array , That it is peril of our chastitee . And yet , with sorwe , thou ...
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