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... sweet love sings his lovely lay And every bird upon the bush bechirps it up so gay : With a heave and a ho ! with a heave and a ho ! Thy wife shall be thy master , I trow . Sing , care away , care ... Sweet TAY , O sweet 7 ELIZABETHAN VERSE.
... sweet love sings his lovely lay And every bird upon the bush bechirps it up so gay : With a heave and a ho ! with a heave and a ho ! Thy wife shall be thy master , I trow . Sing , care away , care ... Sweet TAY , O sweet 7 ELIZABETHAN VERSE.
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William Stanley Braithwaite. 9 . Stay , O Sweet TAY , O sweet , and do not rise ! STAY The light that shines comes from thine eyes ; The day breaks not : it is my heart , Because that you and I must part . Stay ! or else my joys will die ...
William Stanley Braithwaite. 9 . Stay , O Sweet TAY , O sweet , and do not rise ! STAY The light that shines comes from thine eyes ; The day breaks not : it is my heart , Because that you and I must part . Stay ! or else my joys will die ...
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... sweet Spring , is the year's pleasant king ; SPRIN Then blooms each thing , then maids dance in a ring , Cold doth not sting , the pretty birds do sing- Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The palm and May make country ...
... sweet Spring , is the year's pleasant king ; SPRIN Then blooms each thing , then maids dance in a ring , Cold doth not sting , the pretty birds do sing- Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The palm and May make country ...
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... sweet Spring ! 13 . FR Whilst It Is Prime T. Nashe RESH Spring , the herald of love's mighty king , In whose cote - armour richly are displayed All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring In goodly colours gloriously arrayed ...
... sweet Spring ! 13 . FR Whilst It Is Prime T. Nashe RESH Spring , the herald of love's mighty king , In whose cote - armour richly are displayed All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring In goodly colours gloriously arrayed ...
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... sweet o ' the year ; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale . The white sheet bleaching on the hedge , With heigh ! the sweet birds , O , how they sing ! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge ; For a quart of ale is a dish for a king ...
... sweet o ' the year ; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale . The white sheet bleaching on the hedge , With heigh ! the sweet birds , O , how they sing ! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge ; For a quart of ale is a dish for a king ...
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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