English Lyrics Chaucer to Poe 1340-1809 |
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... youth , or when my hairs are gray ; Set me in heaven , in earth , or else in hell , In hill , or dale , or in the foaming flood ; Thrall or at large , alive whereso I dwell ; Sick or in health , in evil fame or good : Hers will I be ...
... youth , or when my hairs are gray ; Set me in heaven , in earth , or else in hell , In hill , or dale , or in the foaming flood ; Thrall or at large , alive whereso I dwell ; Sick or in health , in evil fame or good : Hers will I be ...
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... youths , A young man void of understanding , Passing through the street near her corner ; And he went the way to her house , In the twilight , in the evening , In the black and dark night ; And , behold , there met him a woman With the ...
... youths , A young man void of understanding , Passing through the street near her corner ; And he went the way to her house , In the twilight , in the evening , In the black and dark night ; And , behold , there met him a woman With the ...
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... youth , While the evil days come not , nor the years draw nigh , When thou shalt say : -I have no pleasure in them ; While the sun , or the light , or the moon , or the stars , be not darkened , Nor the clouds return after the rain : In ...
... youth , While the evil days come not , nor the years draw nigh , When thou shalt say : -I have no pleasure in them ; While the sun , or the light , or the moon , or the stars , be not darkened , Nor the clouds return after the rain : In ...
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... youth , be still , With lullaby content thy will . Since courage quails and comes behind , Go sleep , and so beguile thy mind ! Next , lullaby my gazing eyes , Which wonted were to glance apace , For every glass may now suffice To show ...
... youth , be still , With lullaby content thy will . Since courage quails and comes behind , Go sleep , and so beguile thy mind ! Next , lullaby my gazing eyes , Which wonted were to glance apace , For every glass may now suffice To show ...
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... youth , mine eyes , My will , my ware , and all that was ! I can no more delays devise ; But welcome pain , let pleasure pass ! With lullaby now take your leave , With lullaby your dreams deceive , And when you rise with waking eye ...
... youth , mine eyes , My will , my ware , and all that was ! I can no more delays devise ; But welcome pain , let pleasure pass ! With lullaby now take your leave , With lullaby your dreams deceive , And when you rise with waking eye ...
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English Lyrics: Chaucer to Poe; 1340 1809 (Classic Reprint) William Ernest Henley No preview available - 2018 |
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