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Arthur Quiller-Couch. 286 HENRY KING , BISHOP OF CHICHESTER A Contemplation upon Flowers 1592-1669 RAVE flowers - that I could gallant it like you , And be as little vain ! BRAVE You come abroad , and make a harmless show , And to your ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch. 286 HENRY KING , BISHOP OF CHICHESTER A Contemplation upon Flowers 1592-1669 RAVE flowers - that I could gallant it like you , And be as little vain ! BRAVE You come abroad , and make a harmless show , And to your ...
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... Flowers of the Forest are a ' wede away . At e'en , in the gloaming , nae swankies are roaming ' Bout stacks wi ' the lasses at bogle to play ; But ilk ane sits eerie , lamenting her dearie— The Flowers of the Forest are a ' wede away ...
... Flowers of the Forest are a ' wede away . At e'en , in the gloaming , nae swankies are roaming ' Bout stacks wi ' the lasses at bogle to play ; But ilk ane sits eerie , lamenting her dearie— The Flowers of the Forest are a ' wede away ...
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... flowers and violets ; Daisies , those pearl'd Arcturi of the earth , The constellated flower that never sets ; Faint oxlips ; tender bluebells , at whose birth The sod scarce heaved ; and that tall flower that wets- Like a child , half ...
... flowers and violets ; Daisies , those pearl'd Arcturi of the earth , The constellated flower that never sets ; Faint oxlips ; tender bluebells , at whose birth The sod scarce heaved ; and that tall flower that wets- Like a child , half ...
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Alexander Montgomerie b 1540 d | 80 |
Fulke Greville Lord Brooke b 1554 | 145 |
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