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Page 157
... fire was near , A pretty babe all burning bright Did in the air appear ; Who , scorched with excessive heat , Such ... fire but I ! Or feel ' My faultless breast the furnace is ; The fuel , wounding thorns ; Love is the fire , and sighs ...
... fire was near , A pretty babe all burning bright Did in the air appear ; Who , scorched with excessive heat , Such ... fire but I ! Or feel ' My faultless breast the furnace is ; The fuel , wounding thorns ; Love is the fire , and sighs ...
Page 452
... fire thou com'st at last ; And Christe receive thy saule . If ever thou gavest meat or drink , -Every nighte and alle , The fire sall never make thee shrink ; And Christe receive thy saule . If meat or drink thou ne'er gav'st nane ...
... fire thou com'st at last ; And Christe receive thy saule . If ever thou gavest meat or drink , -Every nighte and alle , The fire sall never make thee shrink ; And Christe receive thy saule . If meat or drink thou ne'er gav'st nane ...
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... fire , The pile of turf against the wall ! To have a clock with weights and chains And pendulum swinging up and down ! A dresser filled with shining delph , Speckled with white and blue and brown ! I could be busy all the day Clearing ...
... fire , The pile of turf against the wall ! To have a clock with weights and chains And pendulum swinging up and down ! A dresser filled with shining delph , Speckled with white and blue and brown ! I could be busy all the day Clearing ...
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Alexander Montgomerie b 1540 d | 80 |
Fulke Greville Lord Brooke b 1554 | 145 |
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1918 Arthur Quiller-Couch,Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch No preview available - 1966 |
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