The Book of Elizabethan VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite |
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... king ! Crown all his altars with bright fire , Laurels bind about his lyre , A Daphnean coronet for his head , The Muses dance about his bed ; When on his ravishing lute he plays , Strew his temple round with bays . Io , pæans let us ...
... king ! Crown all his altars with bright fire , Laurels bind about his lyre , A Daphnean coronet for his head , The Muses dance about his bed ; When on his ravishing lute he plays , Strew his temple round with bays . Io , pæans let us ...
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... King , who all preserves , But show thy blushing beams , And thou two sweeter eyes Shalt see than those which by Penèus ' streams Did once thy heart surprise . Nay , suns , which shine as clear As thou when two thou did to Rome appear ...
... King , who all preserves , But show thy blushing beams , And thou two sweeter eyes Shalt see than those which by Penèus ' streams Did once thy heart surprise . Nay , suns , which shine as clear As thou when two thou did to Rome appear ...
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... king ; ― Then blooms each thing , then maids dance in a ring , Cold doth not sting , the pretty birds do sing - Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The palm and May make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the ...
... king ; ― Then blooms each thing , then maids dance in a ring , Cold doth not sting , the pretty birds do sing - Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The palm and May make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the ...
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... king ; SPRIN Then blooms each thing , then maids dance in a ring , Cold doth not sting , the pretty birds do sing- Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The palm and May make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the ...
... king ; SPRIN Then blooms each thing , then maids dance in a ring , Cold doth not sting , the pretty birds do sing- Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The palm and May make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the ...
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... king , In whose cote - armour richly are displayed All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring In goodly colours gloriously arrayed , — Go to my love where she is careless laid Yet in her Winter's bower not well awake : Tell her ...
... king , In whose cote - armour richly are displayed All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring In goodly colours gloriously arrayed , — Go to my love where she is careless laid Yet in her Winter's bower not well awake : Tell her ...
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Anon Astrophel and Stella beauty bel ami Ben Jonson birds bliss breast breath bright Bullen Campion Corydon Cuckoo dear death delight desire dost doth Dowden earth Elizabethan England's Helicon eyes Faery Queene fair fairy-queen faith fear fire Fletcher flowers glory golden grace green grief hair happy hath heart heaven heavenly Herrick honour Jonson King kiss Lady leave light Line Line 11 lips live livës joy look Lord Love's lovers lullaby Madrigals maids merry mind Muse N'oserez never night nymphs passions pity pleasure poem poets praise pretty Queen Queen Mab roses says Shakespeare shalt shepherd shine sighs sing sleep smile song sonnet sorrow soul Spenser spring stanzas star swain sweet tears tell Tereus thee thine things thou art thought true love unto verse W. W. Greg wanton weep Whilst wind youth