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20 A belt of straw and ivy buds , With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move , Come live with me and be my love . The shepherds ' swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning .
20 A belt of straw and ivy buds , With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move , Come live with me and be my love . The shepherds ' swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning .
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Haste thee , Nymph , and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity , Quips and Cranks and wanton Wiles , Nods , and Becks , and wreathèd Smiles , Such as hang on Hebe's cheek , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care ...
Haste thee , Nymph , and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity , Quips and Cranks and wanton Wiles , Nods , and Becks , and wreathèd Smiles , Such as hang on Hebe's cheek , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care ...
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If Heaven a date of many years would give , Thus I'd in pleasure , ease , and plenty live ; And as I near approached the verge of life , Some kind relation ( for I'd have no wife ) Should take upon him all my worldly care While I did ...
If Heaven a date of many years would give , Thus I'd in pleasure , ease , and plenty live ; And as I near approached the verge of life , Some kind relation ( for I'd have no wife ) Should take upon him all my worldly care While I did ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY 15161547 | 12 |
Come sleep O sleep the certain knot of peace 15 Stella oft sees the very face of woe | 18 |
Copyright | |
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