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... mistress ' feet Does die with over - loving . And now thou frown'st , and now I die ; My corpse by lovers followed , Which straight shall by dead lovers lie ; That ground is only hallowed . If priests are grieved I have a grave , My ...
... mistress ' feet Does die with over - loving . And now thou frown'st , and now I die ; My corpse by lovers followed , Which straight shall by dead lovers lie ; That ground is only hallowed . If priests are grieved I have a grave , My ...
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... mistress of mankind . LOVE AND LIFE ALL my past life is mine no more , The flying hours are gone : Like transitory dreams giv'n o'er , Whose images are kept in store , By memory alone . The time that is to come is not ; How 122 1647 ...
... mistress of mankind . LOVE AND LIFE ALL my past life is mine no more , The flying hours are gone : Like transitory dreams giv'n o'er , Whose images are kept in store , By memory alone . The time that is to come is not ; How 122 1647 ...
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... MISTRESS By our first strange and fatal interview , By all desires which thereof did ensue , By our long starving hopes , by that remorse Which my words ' masculine persuasive force Begot in thee , and by the memory Of hurts , which ...
... MISTRESS By our first strange and fatal interview , By all desires which thereof did ensue , By our long starving hopes , by that remorse Which my words ' masculine persuasive force Begot in thee , and by the memory Of hurts , which ...
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Appleton House beauty birds bliss blushing breast breath bright Celia charm CLORINDA Cowley cowslips COY MISTRESS DAMON dead dear death delight divine Donne dost doth dream earth Elizabethan EPICUREAN eternal eyes Fain fair fall Fancy fate fear fire flowers grave hair Hallo hand happy hath heart heaven heavenly I'll kiss joys kiss leave light live look love's lovers lute lyre lyric Metaphysical Metaphysical Poets mistress ne'er nectarine never night nymph o'er pleasures plebian poem poetic poets praise purple violet quire roses seventeenth century shade shine Sicanian sigh sing sleep smile soft SONG soul sphere spirit spring star stay strains sweet SWEET day sweetly tears thee thine things thou hast thought treasure trees Twas unto verse voice weeping Whilst whither wilt thou wilt thou go winds wings wonder