English Verse: The early lyrics to ShakespeareWilliam Peacock Oxford University Press, 1928 - American poetry |
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... ground ; I dorste swere they weyeden ten pound That on a Sonday were upon hir heed . Hir hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed , Ful streite y - teyd , and shoos ful moiste and newe . Bold was hir face , and fair , and reed of hewe . She was ...
... ground ; I dorste swere they weyeden ten pound That on a Sonday were upon hir heed . Hir hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed , Ful streite y - teyd , and shoos ful moiste and newe . Bold was hir face , and fair , and reed of hewe . She was ...
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... ground , which is my modres gate , I knokke with my staf , bothe erly and late , And seye , " leve moder , leet me in ! Lo , how I vanish , flesh , and blood , and skin ! Allas ! whan shul my bones been at reste ? Moder , with yow wolde ...
... ground , which is my modres gate , I knokke with my staf , bothe erly and late , And seye , " leve moder , leet me in ! Lo , how I vanish , flesh , and blood , and skin ! Allas ! whan shul my bones been at reste ? Moder , with yow wolde ...
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... ground , And for the deith scho was full sair dreidand , For till hir hart straik mony wofull stound , As in ane fever scho trimblit fute and hand ; And quhen hir sister in sic ply hir fand , For verray pietie scho began to greit , Syne ...
... ground , And for the deith scho was full sair dreidand , For till hir hart straik mony wofull stound , As in ane fever scho trimblit fute and hand ; And quhen hir sister in sic ply hir fand , For verray pietie scho began to greit , Syne ...
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... ground : To this poore life was Misery ybound . Whose wretched state when we had well beheld With tender ruth on him , and on his feres . In thoughtfull cares , forth then our pace we helde . And , by and by , another shape apperes , Of ...
... ground : To this poore life was Misery ybound . Whose wretched state when we had well beheld With tender ruth on him , and on his feres . In thoughtfull cares , forth then our pace we helde . And , by and by , another shape apperes , Of ...
Page 127
... ground , As on the place where nature him assinde , To rest , when that the sisters had untwind His vitall thred , and ended with their knife The fleeting course of fast declyning life . There heard we him with broke and hollow plainte ...
... ground , As on the place where nature him assinde , To rest , when that the sisters had untwind His vitall thred , and ended with their knife The fleeting course of fast declyning life . There heard we him with broke and hollow plainte ...
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adew loue anon Antilochus Antony beauty behold bloud brest brond Caesar Chauntecleer Coridon coude courtepy deare death doth drede dremes earth eccho ring euen euery eyes face faire farre fayre feare felawe flowers gaue giue gold goodly grace grone hand Harfleur hart hath haue heare heart heauen heauenly heigh herte Hippodames holy honour Ioue ioyes king Lady Macbeth leaue limbeck liue Lord loue louely Lullaby lyke mind mordred moue mynde neuer night nought ouer pleasure QUEEN MAB quod scho seith selfe seyde seye shal shee Shepheards shew sholde shyning sight siluer sing sith sleep song sonne sorrow soule speke spyce Sunne sweet swich thay thee ther theyr thing thou art thought toun trewely tyme un-to unto vnto vpon whan whyl whyt wight wolde wyde youth
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Page 421 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought...
Page 381 - No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal'd thee for herself...
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Page 382 - And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 420 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date...
Page 360 - No matter where ; — of comfort no man speak : Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs ; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.
Page 400 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs: She swore, in faith, twas strange, 'twas passing strange, Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful: She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man...
Page 382 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Page 425 - Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? O, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days.
Page 349 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.