The Book of Elizabethan VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite |
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... country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day , And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay- Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! On Venus wha waikis , To muse on our maikis II ELIZABETHAN VERSE II. ...
... country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day , And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay- Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! On Venus wha waikis , To muse on our maikis II ELIZABETHAN VERSE II. ...
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... frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day , And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay- Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The fields breathe sweet , the daisies kiss our feet II ELIZABETHAN VERSE II. ...
... frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day , And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay- Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The fields breathe sweet , the daisies kiss our feet II ELIZABETHAN VERSE II. ...
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... shepherd call All the heavens to witness truth Never loved a truer youth . Thus with many a pretty oath , Yea and nay , and faith and troth , Such as silly shepherds use When they will not Love abuse , Love , which had been long deluded ...
... shepherd call All the heavens to witness truth Never loved a truer youth . Thus with many a pretty oath , Yea and nay , and faith and troth , Such as silly shepherds use When they will not Love abuse , Love , which had been long deluded ...
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... shepherd call All the heavens to witness truth Never loved a truer youth . Thus with many a pretty oath , Yea and nay , and faith and troth , Such as silly shepherds use When they will not Love abuse , Love , which had been long deluded ...
... shepherd call All the heavens to witness truth Never loved a truer youth . Thus with many a pretty oath , Yea and nay , and faith and troth , Such as silly shepherds use When they will not Love abuse , Love , which had been long deluded ...
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... Shepherd's Holyday 1 Nymph . THUS , thus begin the yearly rites Are due to Pan on these bright nights ; His morn now riseth and invites To sports , to dances , and delights : All envious and profane , away , This is the shepherd's ...
... Shepherd's Holyday 1 Nymph . THUS , thus begin the yearly rites Are due to Pan on these bright nights ; His morn now riseth and invites To sports , to dances , and delights : All envious and profane , away , This is the shepherd's ...
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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 livės 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