The Book of Elizabethan VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite |
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... But thou , which lov'st to be Subtle to plague thyself , wilt say - " Alas ! if you must go , what's that to me ? Here lies my business , and here will I stay : You go to friends , whose love and means present 23 ELIZABETHAN VERSE.
... But thou , which lov'st to be Subtle to plague thyself , wilt say - " Alas ! if you must go , what's that to me ? Here lies my business , and here will I stay : You go to friends , whose love and means present 23 ELIZABETHAN VERSE.
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... say , Sweet Peg , thou shalt be my Summer's Queen . T. Dekker 35 . Now Love's Emblems WOW the lusty spring is seen ; Golden yellow , gaudy blue , Daintily invite the view : Everywhere on everygreen Roses blushing as they blow , And ...
... say , Sweet Peg , thou shalt be my Summer's Queen . T. Dekker 35 . Now Love's Emblems WOW the lusty spring is seen ; Golden yellow , gaudy blue , Daintily invite the view : Everywhere on everygreen Roses blushing as they blow , And ...
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... SAY , A Nosegay AY , crimson Rose and dainty Daffodil , With Violet blue ; Since you have seen the beauty of my saint , And eke her view ; Did not her sight ( fair sight ! ) you lonely fill , With sweet delight Of goddess ' grace and ...
... SAY , A Nosegay AY , crimson Rose and dainty Daffodil , With Violet blue ; Since you have seen the beauty of my saint , And eke her view ; Did not her sight ( fair sight ! ) you lonely fill , With sweet delight Of goddess ' grace and ...
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... Say Rose , say Daffodil , and Violet blue , With Primrose fair , Since ye have seen my nymph's sweet dainty face , And gesture rare , Did not ( bright Cowslip , blooming Pink ) her view ( White Lily ) shine- ( Ah , Gilly - flower , ah ...
... Say Rose , say Daffodil , and Violet blue , With Primrose fair , Since ye have seen my nymph's sweet dainty face , And gesture rare , Did not ( bright Cowslip , blooming Pink ) her view ( White Lily ) shine- ( Ah , Gilly - flower , ah ...
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... say ? It is a work on holiday , It is December matched with May , When lusty bloods in fresh array Hear ten months after of the play : And this is Love , as I hear say . Yet what is Love , good shepherd sain ? It is a sunshine mixed ...
... say ? It is a work on holiday , It is December matched with May , When lusty bloods in fresh array Hear ten months after of the play : And this is Love , as I hear say . Yet what is Love , good shepherd sain ? It is a sunshine mixed ...
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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