The Book of Elizabethan VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite |
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... 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 . Now , Flora , deck thyself in fairest guise : 6 THE BOOK OF.
... 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 . Now , Flora , deck thyself in fairest guise : 6 THE BOOK OF.
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... once transformed in me , Then in thy bosom would I pour my soul ; Then all my thoughts should in thy visage shine , And if that ought mischanced thou should'st not moan Nor bear the burthen of thy griefs alone ; No , I would have my ...
... once transformed in me , Then in thy bosom would I pour my soul ; Then all my thoughts should in thy visage shine , And if that ought mischanced thou should'st not moan Nor bear the burthen of thy griefs alone ; No , I would have my ...
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... once we go a - Maying . Come , my Corinna , come ; and coming , mark How each field turns a street , each street a park , Made green and trimm'd with trees ! see how Devotion gives each house a bough Of branch ! each porch , each door ...
... once we go a - Maying . Come , my Corinna , come ; and coming , mark How each field turns a street , each street a park , Made green and trimm'd with trees ! see how Devotion gives each house a bough Of branch ! each porch , each door ...
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... does the sun . And , as a vapour or a drop of rain , Once lost , can ne'er be found again , So when or you or I are made A fable , song , or fleeting shade , All love , all liking , all delight Lies drowned 26 THE BOOK OF.
... does the sun . And , as a vapour or a drop of rain , Once lost , can ne'er be found again , So when or you or I are made A fable , song , or fleeting shade , All love , all liking , all delight Lies drowned 26 THE BOOK OF.
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... run As fast away as does the sun . And , as a vapour or a drop of rain , Once lost , can ne'er be found again , So when or you or I are made A fable , song , or fleeting shade , All love , all liking , all delight . Lies 26 THE BOOK OF.
... run As fast away as does the sun . And , as a vapour or a drop of rain , Once lost , can ne'er be found again , So when or you or I are made A fable , song , or fleeting shade , All love , all liking , all delight . Lies 26 THE BOOK OF.
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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