An Excellent Ballad Of George Barnwell, An Apprentice Of London (Anonymous British Poems)
An excellent ballad of George Barnwell, an Apprentice of London, who…thrice robbed his master and murdered his vncle in Ludlow. ...
An excellent ballad of George Barnwell, an Apprentice of London, who…thrice robbed his master and murdered his vncle in Ludlow. ...
In Bath a wanton wife did dwelle,As Chaucer he doth write,Who did in pleasure spend her dayes,And many a fond ...
Ye sportive nymphs who on Parnassus play,Though old as ages, -- young and ever gay!O hither wing from Parna's flow'ry ...
When Troy towne had, for ten yeeres 'past',Withstood the Greekes in manfull wise,Then did their foes encrease soe fast,That to ...
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity--SOLOMON.What are life's joys and gains?What pleasures crowd its ways,That man should take such painsTo ...
DeathFair lady, lay your costly robes aside,No longer may you glory in your pride;Take leave of all your carnal vain ...
Will you hear a Spanish lady,How shee wooed an English man?Garments gay as rich as may be,Decked with jewels she ...
When Greeks and Trojans fell at strife,And lords in armour bright were seen,When many a gallant lost his lifeUlysses, general ...
Balow, my babe, lye still and sleipe!It grieves me sair to see thee weipe:If thoust be silent, Ise be glad,Thy ...
Autumn gale! sweet autumn gale!Sing with me a sober wail;Summer loves the melting song;Lightsome airs to spring belong;Old December shouts ...
Men have done brave deeds,And bards have sung them well: I of good George NidiverNow the tale will tell.In Californian ...
Thou'rt bearing hence thy roses,Glad summer, fare thee well!Thou'rt singing thy last melodiesIn every wood and dell.But ere the golden ...
To Kerklees stately priorieCame an old time-worn man,And for food and shelter prayed he,Ye chief of a noble clanHe was ...
Listen, soldier, to the tale of the tender nightingale, 'Tis a charm that soon will ease your ...
HEY dug no grave for our soldier lad, who fought and who died out there:Bugle and drum for him were ...
The scene was more beautiful far, to my eye,Than if day in its pride had array'd it;The land-breeze blew mild, ...
Go when the morning shineth,Go when the moon is bright,Go when the day declineth,Go in the hush of night.Go with ...
Say, watchman, what of the night?Do the dews of the morning fall?Have the orient skies a border of lightLike the ...
Years may roll on, and manhood's brow grow cold,And life's dull winter spread its dark'ning pallO'er cherish'd hopes; yet time ...
Why, lovely insect, dost thou stand,And wave thy quiv'ring wing,As, half afraid thou wert, aloftOn fields of air to spring?But ...
Now spring the living herbs, profusely wild,O'er all the deep green earth, beyond the powerOf botanist to number ...
We watch the summer leaves and flowers decay,And feel a sadness o'er the spirit thrown,As if the beauty fading fast ...
The silver swan, who living had no note,When death approached, unlocked her silent throat,Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,Thus ...
Where is Timarchus gone?His father's hands were round him, And when he breathed his life away,The joy of youth had ...
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