Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 էջ |
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... plays , the well known mystery called Corpus Christi , or the Coventry Play , is yet in existence , and is a valuable specimen of the compositions in which our ancestors delighted . There were also secular plays of great antiquity ...
... plays , the well known mystery called Corpus Christi , or the Coventry Play , is yet in existence , and is a valuable specimen of the compositions in which our ancestors delighted . There were also secular plays of great antiquity ...
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... Plays , exhibited at court during the Christmas holidays . But they consisted of pageants , mummeries , and disguisings , gorgeous and magnificent indeed , with their crowds of characters , the glitter and variety of their robes , the ...
... Plays , exhibited at court during the Christmas holidays . But they consisted of pageants , mummeries , and disguisings , gorgeous and magnificent indeed , with their crowds of characters , the glitter and variety of their robes , the ...
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... play . Sonnet 98 . contrast the power and imagery of this , with the playful tenderness of the following : Those lips that Love's own hand did make , Breath'd forth the sound that said , I hate , To me that languish'd for her sake ; But ...
... play . Sonnet 98 . contrast the power and imagery of this , with the playful tenderness of the following : Those lips that Love's own hand did make , Breath'd forth the sound that said , I hate , To me that languish'd for her sake ; But ...
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... legend thrown into the form of a dialogue , and relieved with lyrical stanzas which were generally sung . The drama , if it merit that name , was privately played before select circles upon festive occasions , and the characters 60.
... legend thrown into the form of a dialogue , and relieved with lyrical stanzas which were generally sung . The drama , if it merit that name , was privately played before select circles upon festive occasions , and the characters 60.
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... play , And all the joyful world salutes the rising day . XIX . A crimson garment in the rose thou wear'st ; A crown of studded gold thou bear'st ; The virgin lilies , in their white , Are clad but with the lawn of almost naked light ...
... play , And all the joyful world salutes the rising day . XIX . A crimson garment in the rose thou wear'st ; A crown of studded gold thou bear'st ; The virgin lilies , in their white , Are clad but with the lawn of almost naked light ...
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Æneid allusion amidst angels appear battle beautiful Ben Johnson bird bold breath bright Canterbury Tales celebrated characters Chaucer composed composition Comus conceit court dark deep delight dignity doth eloquence English English poetry eternal expression fair fancy feelings flowers fugitive verses gallantry genius Geoffrey Chaucer GILES FLETCHER gloomy glowing gold happy heart heaven heroes hire human images imagination Inner Temple inspiration John of Gaunt King language learning legends light literature lived lofty looked Lord mankind mighty Milton mind minstrels moral muse narration nature night Paradise Lost passions Petrarch poem poet poetical poetry popular proud quaint refined reign religious rendered rhymes rise romance rose rude Saint Brandon sang Satan Saxon sentiment Shakspeare shew songs sonnets soul Spenser spirit stream sublime sustained sweet Temple thee tree truth unto verse virtues wanting wife of Bath wild wings Wynkyn de Worde zeal