A metrical history of England; or, Recollections, in rhyme of some ... features in our national chronology, Volumen 1 |
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... EDGAR , and it was noble in the Prince , Made yearly circuits to discover Where pardon might reform and more convince Than punishment . Of PEACE an ardent lover . Where more congenially cou'd MERCY rest ... Edward the Martyr 92 ENGLAND .
... EDGAR , and it was noble in the Prince , Made yearly circuits to discover Where pardon might reform and more convince Than punishment . Of PEACE an ardent lover . Where more congenially cou'd MERCY rest ... Edward the Martyr 92 ENGLAND .
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Thomas John Dibdin. ENGLAND . PART THE THIRD , From Edward the Martyr to the Norman Conquest . CONTENTS . Edward the Martyr - Ethelred the Unready - Edmund Ironside . Danish Sovereigns : Canute the Great - Harold Harefoot- Hardicanute ...
Thomas John Dibdin. ENGLAND . PART THE THIRD , From Edward the Martyr to the Norman Conquest . CONTENTS . Edward the Martyr - Ethelred the Unready - Edmund Ironside . Danish Sovereigns : Canute the Great - Harold Harefoot- Hardicanute ...
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Thomas John Dibdin. SUMMARY OF THE REIGN OF EDWARD THE MARTYR . Crowned , A. D. 975. Reigned near four years . Died , ( unmarried , ) by the hands of a ruffian , employed by ... EDWARD EDWARD THE MARTYR . " Cut off even in the 94 ENGLAND .
Thomas John Dibdin. SUMMARY OF THE REIGN OF EDWARD THE MARTYR . Crowned , A. D. 975. Reigned near four years . Died , ( unmarried , ) by the hands of a ruffian , employed by ... EDWARD EDWARD THE MARTYR . " Cut off even in the 94 ENGLAND .
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Thomas John Dibdin. EDWARD THE MARTYR . " Cut off even in the blossom of my sin , " Unhousell'd , unannointed , unanneal'd , " No reck❜ning made , but sent to my account , " With all my imperfections on my head . " " I have given suck ...
Thomas John Dibdin. EDWARD THE MARTYR . " Cut off even in the blossom of my sin , " Unhousell'd , unannointed , unanneal'd , " No reck❜ning made , but sent to my account , " With all my imperfections on my head . " " I have given suck ...
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... martyr'd EDWARD's step - dame ' twas the shade , ( So fancy whisper'd to my fear - struck mind ) Who , nightly thus compell'd , confession made , Yet from confession no relief might find . " Ambition ! " shriek'd the form , " thou ...
... martyr'd EDWARD's step - dame ' twas the shade , ( So fancy whisper'd to my fear - struck mind ) Who , nightly thus compell'd , confession made , Yet from confession no relief might find . " Ambition ! " shriek'd the form , " thou ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ALFRED Archbishop of Canterbury arms BALIOL band Barons battle Began to reign Benedict Benedict IX Bishop Bishop of Winchester blood Bolingbroke British Britons brother buried CANUTE Chaucer chiefs Constantine III COTEMPORARY SOVEREIGNS cou'd crown Danes dare daughter death died Duke Dunstan Earl Earl Godwin EDGAR Edmund EDWARD EDWARD THE MARTYR EGBERT ELFRIDA EMINENT PERSONS Emperors England English Essex ETHELBALD ETHELBERT Ethelred ev'ry fair fame fate fell fight foes France France.-Philip friends gain'd gallant Gloucester Godwin grace Gregory HAROLD HENRY's J. P. ANDREWS JOAN John JOHN of GAUNT King's kingdom knights ladies Lancaster land London Lord married Maud Mercia Michael III Monarch Monks muse ne'er Norman Normandy numbers o'er peace Popes pow'r pride Prince PRINCIPAL EVENTS Queen reign'd Richard Robert royal Saxon Scotland Scots SHAKESPEARE shew sing sire slain Stephen SUMMARY SUMMARY SURNAMED Swinestead sword tell throne twas VORTIGERN Wales warriors Westminster William Winchester wou'd
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Página 205 - Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears...
Página 268 - Not to-day, O Lord, O, not to-day, think not upon the fault My father made in compassing the crown ! I Richard's body have interred new ; And on it have bestow'd more contrite tears, Than from it issued forced drops of blood. Five hundred poor I have in yearly pay, Who twice...
Página 120 - Himself best knows : but strangely-visited people, All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye, The mere despair of surgery, he cures ; Hanging a golden stamp about their necks, Put on with holy prayers : and 'tis spoken, To the succeeding royalty he leaves The healing benediction. With this strange virtue, He hath a heavenly gift of prophecy ; And sundry blessings hang about his throne, That speak him full of grace.
Página 283 - But here, instead, soft gales of passion play, And gently stir the heart, thereby to form A quicker sense of joy ; as breezes stray Across the enliven'd skies, and make them still more gay.
Página 137 - Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Página 166 - ... tis much that this contentious storm Invades us to the skin: so 'tis to thee; But where the greater malady is fix'd, The lesser is scarce felt. Thou'dst shun a bear; But if thy flight lay toward the roaring sea, Thou'dst meet the bear i
Página 95 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Página 258 - God knows, my son, By what by-paths and indirect crook'd ways I met this crown ; and I myself know well How troublesome it sat upon my head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth.
Página 95 - Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother's hand, Of life, of crown, of queen, at once dispatch'd; Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhousel'd, disappointed, unanel'd, No reckoning made, but sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head: O, horrible!
Página 154 - No, sir, no ! for this man being forsooth a wit, a bard, and a minstrel, hath composed many indecent songs against me, and moreove'r hath sung them openly, to the great entertainment of my enemies ; now since it hath pleased God to deliver him into my hands, he shall bo punished, in order to deter others from the like impertinence.