Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
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... He taught them rounds and winding hays to tread , And about trees to cast themselves in rings ; As the two Bears , whom the first mover flings With a short turn about heaven's axletree , In a round dance forever wheeling be .
... He taught them rounds and winding hays to tread , And about trees to cast themselves in rings ; As the two Bears , whom the first mover flings With a short turn about heaven's axletree , In a round dance forever wheeling be .
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THE TURN He entered well , by virtuous parts Got up , and thrived with honest arts ; He purchased friends and fame , and honors then , And had his noble name advanced with men . But weary of that flight , He stooped in all men's sight ...
THE TURN He entered well , by virtuous parts Got up , and thrived with honest arts ; He purchased friends and fame , and honors then , And had his noble name advanced with men . But weary of that flight , He stooped in all men's sight ...
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Shall stuff their lines , and swell the windy page , Till verse , refined by thee in this last age , Turn ballad - rhyme , or those old idols be Adored again with new apostasy . Oh , pardon me , that break with untuned verse The ...
Shall stuff their lines , and swell the windy page , Till verse , refined by thee in this last age , Turn ballad - rhyme , or those old idols be Adored again with new apostasy . Oh , pardon me , that break with untuned verse The ...
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JOHN SKELTON | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY | 27 |
MINOR COURTLY MAKERS OF HENRY VIIIS REIGN | 41 |
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