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Longer English Poems; With Notes Philological and Explanatory, and an Introduction on the Teacing of English
Longer English Poems With Notes Philological and Explanatory and an Introduction on the Teacing of English Author:John Wesley Hales General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1892 Original Publisher: Macmillan and co. Subjects: English poetry Authors, English English language Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of th... more »is book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LONGER ENGLISH POEMS. SPENSER. PROTHALAMION. C'ALME was the day, and through the trembling ayre Sweete-breathing Zephyrus did softly play, A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titans beames, which then did glyster fayre, When I (whom sullein care, 5 Through discontent of my long fruitlesse stay In Princes Court, and expectation vayne Of idle hopes, which still doe fly away, Like empty shaddowes, did afflict my brayne,) Wallet forth to ease my payne 10 Along the shoare of silver streaming Themmes; Whose rutty Bancke, the which his Riuer hemmes, Was paynted all with variable (lowers, And all the meades adornd with daintie gemmes Fit to decke maydens bowres IJ And crowne their Paramours Against the Brydale day, which is not long. Sweete Themmes ! runne softly, till I end my Song. There, in a. Meadow, by the Riuers side, A Flocke of Nymphes I chaunced to espy, 20 All louely Daughters of the Flood thereby, With goodly greenish locks, all loose vntyde, As each had bene a Bryde; And each one had a little wicker basket, Made of fine twigs, eatrayled curiously, 25 In which they gathered flowers to 611 their flasket, And with fine Fingers cropt full feateously The tender stalkes on bye. - Of euery sort, which in that Meadow grew. They gathered some, the Violet pallid blew, 30 The little Dazie, that at euening closes, The virgin Lillie, and the Primrose trew, With store of vermeil Roses, To decke their Bridegromes posies Against the Brydale day, which was not long....« less