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... hair . WILLIAM DUNBAR To a Lady WEET rois of vertew and of gentilness , SWE Delytsum lily of everie lustynes , Richest in bontie and in bewtie clear , And everie vertew that is wenit dear , Except onlie that ye are mercyless , Into your ...
... hair . WILLIAM DUNBAR To a Lady WEET rois of vertew and of gentilness , SWE Delytsum lily of everie lustynes , Richest in bontie and in bewtie clear , And everie vertew that is wenit dear , Except onlie that ye are mercyless , Into your ...
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... Hair MARANTHA sweet and fair , AMARAN Ah , braid no more that shining hair ! As my curious hand or eye Hovering round thee , let it fly ! Let it fly as unconfined As its calm ravisher the wind , Who hath left his darling , th ' East ...
... Hair MARANTHA sweet and fair , AMARAN Ah , braid no more that shining hair ! As my curious hand or eye Hovering round thee , let it fly ! Let it fly as unconfined As its calm ravisher the wind , Who hath left his darling , th ' East ...
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... hair'd Maenad ; Sometimes a Faun with torches ; And sometimes , for a moment , Passing through the dark stems Flowing - rob'd - the belov'd , The desir'd , the divine , Belov'd Iacchus . Ah cool night - wind , tremulous stars ! Ah ...
... hair'd Maenad ; Sometimes a Faun with torches ; And sometimes , for a moment , Passing through the dark stems Flowing - rob'd - the belov'd , The desir'd , the divine , Belov'd Iacchus . Ah cool night - wind , tremulous stars ! Ah ...
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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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