Reliques of Ancient English Poetry:: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, (chiefly of the Lyric Kind.) Together with Some Few of Later Date. Volume the First. [-third.].J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall., 1765 |
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الصفحة vii
... Earls of NORTHUMBERLAND fung at festivals in the hall of ALNWICK : and thofe fongs , which the bounty of your ancestors rewarded , now return to your LADYSHIP by a kind of here- ditary right ; and , I flatter myself , will find A 4 fuch ...
... Earls of NORTHUMBERLAND fung at festivals in the hall of ALNWICK : and thofe fongs , which the bounty of your ancestors rewarded , now return to your LADYSHIP by a kind of here- ditary right ; and , I flatter myself , will find A 4 fuch ...
الصفحة xix
... Earl of Leicester in 1575 , among the many devices and pageants which were exhibited for her entertainment , one of the perfonages introduced was that of an ancient MINSTREL , whole appearance and drefs are fo minutely defcribed by a ...
... Earl of Leicester in 1575 , among the many devices and pageants which were exhibited for her entertainment , one of the perfonages introduced was that of an ancient MINSTREL , whole appearance and drefs are fo minutely defcribed by a ...
الصفحة xxv
... earl of Northumberland 107 BOOK THE SECOND . ( Containing Ballads that illuftrate Shakespeare . ) Effay on the Origin of the English Stage 1. Adam Bell , Clym o ' the Clough , and William of Cloudefy 118 129 1 2. The 2. The aged Lover ...
... earl of Northumberland 107 BOOK THE SECOND . ( Containing Ballads that illuftrate Shakespeare . ) Effay on the Origin of the English Stage 1. Adam Bell , Clym o ' the Clough , and William of Cloudefy 118 129 1 2. The 2. The aged Lover ...
الصفحة 3
... earl of North- umberland had vowed to hunt for three days in the Scottish border * Who died Aug. 5. 1406 . B 2 James I. was crowned May22.1424 . murdered Feb.21.1436-7 . In 1460. - Hen . VI . was depofed 1461 : reftored and flain1471 ...
... earl of North- umberland had vowed to hunt for three days in the Scottish border * Who died Aug. 5. 1406 . B 2 James I. was crowned May22.1424 . murdered Feb.21.1436-7 . In 1460. - Hen . VI . was depofed 1461 : reftored and flain1471 ...
الصفحة 4
... Earl Douglas , who was either lord of the foil , or lord warden of the marches . Douglas would not fail to refent the infult , and endeavour to repel the intruders by force : this would natu- rally produce a sharp conflict between the ...
... Earl Douglas , who was either lord of the foil , or lord warden of the marches . Douglas would not fail to refent the infult , and endeavour to repel the intruders by force : this would natu- rally produce a sharp conflict between the ...
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الصفحة xxviii - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
الصفحة 201 - The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
الصفحة 220 - Crabbed age and youth Cannot live together ; Youth is full of pleasance, Age is full of care: Youth like summer morn, Age like winter weather ; Youth like summer brave, Age like winter bare. Youth is full of sport, Age's breath is short, Youth is nimble, age is lame : Youth is hot and bold, Age is weak and cold ; Youth is wild, and age is tame.
الصفحة 228 - His cheek was redder than the rose ; The comeliest youth was he ; But he is dead and laid in his grave ; Alas, and woe is me ! " " Sigh no more, lady, sigh no more ; Men were deceivers ever ; One foot on sea and one on land, To one thing constant never...
الصفحة 54 - OI hae killed my reid-roan steid, Mither, mither, OI hae killed my reid-roan steid, That erst was sae fair and frie O.
الصفحة 247 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
الصفحة 202 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten ; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy- buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move, To come to thee and be thy love.
الصفحة 269 - Content I live, this is my stay, I seek no more than may suffice; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo! thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.
الصفحة 101 - Nae sooner said the grace, Till Edom o' Gordon and his men, Were light about the place. The lady ran up to hir towir head, Sa fast as she could hie, To see if by her fair speeches She could wi
الصفحة 191 - IN Venice towne not long agoe A cruel Jew did dwell, Which lived all on usurie, As Italian writers tell.