The Book of Elizabethan VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite |
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... dear thy glorious light . This is that happy morn , That day , long - wished day Of all my life so dark , ( If cruel stars have not my ruin sworn And fates not hope betray ) , Which , only white , deserves A diamond for ever should it ...
... dear thy glorious light . This is that happy morn , That day , long - wished day Of all my life so dark , ( If cruel stars have not my ruin sworn And fates not hope betray ) , Which , only white , deserves A diamond for ever should it ...
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... - lord here I stand . Rejoice , oh , English hearts , rejoice ! Rejoice , oh , lovers dear ! Rejoice , oh , city , town , and country , Rejoice eke every shire ! For now the fragrant flowers do spring And sprout in 33 ELIZABETHAN VERSE.
... - lord here I stand . Rejoice , oh , English hearts , rejoice ! Rejoice , oh , lovers dear ! Rejoice , oh , city , town , and country , Rejoice eke every shire ! For now the fragrant flowers do spring And sprout in 33 ELIZABETHAN VERSE.
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... dear , And eyes divine ; Did not her globy front , and glistening hair , With cheeks most sweet , So gloriously like damask flowers appear , The gods to greet ? Say , snow - white Lily , speckled Gilly - 39 ELIZABETHAN VERSE.
... dear , And eyes divine ; Did not her globy front , and glistening hair , With cheeks most sweet , So gloriously like damask flowers appear , The gods to greet ? Say , snow - white Lily , speckled Gilly - 39 ELIZABETHAN VERSE.
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... dear this way her pleasure takes , Tell her with tears how firm my love is fixed ; And , Philomel , report my timourous fears , And , Echo , sound my heigh - ho's in her ears : But if she ask if I for love will die , Tell her , " Good ...
... dear this way her pleasure takes , Tell her with tears how firm my love is fixed ; And , Philomel , report my timourous fears , And , Echo , sound my heigh - ho's in her ears : But if she ask if I for love will die , Tell her , " Good ...
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... dear , and mine he cannot miss , There never was a better bargain driven : My true - love hath my heart , and I have his . His heart in me keeps him and me in one , My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides : He loves my heart ...
... dear , and mine he cannot miss , There never was a better bargain driven : My true - love hath my heart , and I have his . His heart in me keeps him and me in one , My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides : He loves my heart ...
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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