The Book of Elizabethan VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite |
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... night Which serves but to make 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 ...
... night Which serves but to make 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 ...
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... Night like a drunkard reels Beyond the hills , to shun his flaming wheels : The fields with flowers are deck'd in every hue , The clouds with orient gold spangle their blue ; Here is the pleasant place- And everything , save Her , who ...
... Night like a drunkard reels Beyond the hills , to shun his flaming wheels : The fields with flowers are deck'd in every hue , The clouds with orient gold spangle their blue ; Here is the pleasant place- And everything , save Her , who ...
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... night ? Love , which in spite of darkness brought us hither , Should in despite of light keep us together . Light hath no tongue , but is all eye . If it could speak as well as spy , This were the worse that it could say : That , being ...
... night ? Love , which in spite of darkness brought us hither , Should in despite of light keep us together . Light hath no tongue , but is all eye . If it could speak as well as spy , This were the worse that it could say : That , being ...
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... last . What ! were ye born to be An hour or half's delight , And so to bid good night ? ' Twas pity Nature brought you forth Merely to show your worth And lose you quite . 27 . But you are lovely leaves , where we 22 THE BOOK OF.
... last . What ! were ye born to be An hour or half's delight , And so to bid good night ? ' Twas pity Nature brought you forth Merely to show your worth And lose you quite . 27 . But you are lovely leaves , where we 22 THE BOOK OF.
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... night , And Titan on the eastern hill Retires himself , or else stands still Till you come forth ! Wash , dress , be brief in praying : Few beads are best when once we go a - Maying . Come , my Corinna , come ; and coming , mark How ...
... night , And Titan on the eastern hill Retires himself , or else stands still Till you come forth ! Wash , dress , be brief in praying : Few beads are best when once we go a - Maying . Come , my Corinna , come ; and coming , mark How ...
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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