The Oxford Book of Christian VerseDavid Cecil Clarendon, 1940 - 560 pages Lord David Cecil, well known for his writings, and particularly for his brilliant lives of the poet Cowper and of the young Lord Melbourne, has set out in this anthology to make a full and representative collection of English religious verse. |
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... thow be seke , I shall thee hele ; yf thow owght morne , I shall thee mene , spouse , why will thow nowght with me dele ? thow fowndyst neuer love so lele ; what wilt thow , sowle , that I shall do ? I may of unkyndnes thee appele ...
... thow be seke , I shall thee hele ; yf thow owght morne , I shall thee mene , spouse , why will thow nowght with me dele ? thow fowndyst neuer love so lele ; what wilt thow , sowle , that I shall do ? I may of unkyndnes thee appele ...
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... thow gladdyst , thow wepist , I sitt thee by , yit myght thow , spouse , loke onys at me ! spouse , shuld I alway fedë the with childys mete ? nay , love , nat so ! I pray thee , love , with aduersite , Quia amore langueo . My spouse is ...
... thow gladdyst , thow wepist , I sitt thee by , yit myght thow , spouse , loke onys at me ! spouse , shuld I alway fedë the with childys mete ? nay , love , nat so ! I pray thee , love , with aduersite , Quia amore langueo . My spouse is ...
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David Cecil. From the begynyng and end be thow my muse : All other , Jove and Phebus , I refus . Lat Virgill hald hys ... Thow haldis court our cristall hevynys cleir , With angellis , sanctis , and hevynly spretis seir , That but cessyng ...
David Cecil. From the begynyng and end be thow my muse : All other , Jove and Phebus , I refus . Lat Virgill hald hys ... Thow haldis court our cristall hevynys cleir , With angellis , sanctis , and hevynly spretis seir , That but cessyng ...
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