English Lyrics Chaucer to Poe 1340-1809 |
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... Dear Mistress ( 257 ) ; with an overpowering apprehension of the great inevitable processes of nature — as in the Ode to the West Wind ( 381 ) . It may be hope , or remorse , or desire , or contemplation , or despair - any passion of ...
... Dear Mistress ( 257 ) ; with an overpowering apprehension of the great inevitable processes of nature — as in the Ode to the West Wind ( 381 ) . It may be hope , or remorse , or desire , or contemplation , or despair - any passion of ...
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... dear , That was absent , gan sing as ye may hear : - ' O star , of which I lost have all the light , With hertë sore well ought I to bewail , That ever dark in torment , night by night , Toward my death with wind in stern I sail ; For ...
... dear , That was absent , gan sing as ye may hear : - ' O star , of which I lost have all the light , With hertë sore well ought I to bewail , That ever dark in torment , night by night , Toward my death with wind in stern I sail ; For ...
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... dear lord , ay me ! alas ! methinks I see him die ! Another time the same doth tell me he is come , And playing , where I shall him find , with his fair little son ; So forth I go apace to see that liefsome sight , And with a kiss ...
... dear lord , ay me ! alas ! methinks I see him die ! Another time the same doth tell me he is come , And playing , where I shall him find , with his fair little son ; So forth I go apace to see that liefsome sight , And with a kiss ...
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... God of that treasúre and might . I cost her dear , but she far dearer me , Whilk hazards honour , fame , in aventure , Committing clean her corse to me in cure . In oxters close we kiss , and cossis hairts ! 20 SCOTT.
... God of that treasúre and might . I cost her dear , but she far dearer me , Whilk hazards honour , fame , in aventure , Committing clean her corse to me in cure . In oxters close we kiss , and cossis hairts ! 20 SCOTT.
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... dear I have thy fancies bought . With lullaby now take thine ease , With lullaby thy doubts appease . For trust to this , if thou be still , My body shall obey thy will . Eke lullaby my loving boy- My little robin , take 82 GASCOYNE.
... dear I have thy fancies bought . With lullaby now take thine ease , With lullaby thy doubts appease . For trust to this , if thou be still , My body shall obey thy will . Eke lullaby my loving boy- My little robin , take 82 GASCOYNE.
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English Lyrics: Chaucer to Poe; 1340 1809 (Classic Reprint) William Ernest Henley No preview available - 2018 |
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