"[H]aving entered the lists of Poetry, should I be foiled at the first onset, I may probably, like a true knight, who,…"

"The angel, crossing heaven on wings of light, Stooped to admire, and paused upon his flight, As Woman rose in beauty …"

"Old scenes to visit, and old dreams to dream, Shall not to us a task of labour seem."

"Sweet breathe the henna-flowers that harem girls So love to twine among their glossy curls."

""Lest that by any means When I have preached to others I myself Should be a castaway." If some one now Would take tha…"

"Auribus immensis quondam donatus asellus institit ut caudam posset habere parem. cauda suo capiti quia se conferre ne…"

"You are, and haue beene feared ouer all, England's an Ile, of stoute and hardie men: Be stronge in faith, your foes d…"

"Anglia cui mater fuerat, cui Gallia nutrix, Matri nutricem praefero mente meam. Six utriusque tamen meritis praeconia…"

"O are you the boy Who would wait on the quay With the silver penny And the apricot tree?"

"Henry is thinking of his lute and of backgammon, Elizabeth follows the waving song, the mystery, Proud in her red wig…"