Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language;Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row., 1811 - English poetry |
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... answer me again , That lovers true must bear , and hold their peace . Dear , I will bear , and hold my peace , if you Will hold your peace , and bear what I shall do . Desires Government . WHERE Wit is over - rul'd by [ 14 ]
... answer me again , That lovers true must bear , and hold their peace . Dear , I will bear , and hold my peace , if you Will hold your peace , and bear what I shall do . Desires Government . WHERE Wit is over - rul'd by [ 14 ]
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... dear eyes Need not , need not more afflict me ; Nor your sweet tongue dipt in gall From Need at all your presence interdict me . By my love , long , firm , and true , VOL . III . Borne to you , B By these tears , my grief expressing ...
... dear eyes Need not , need not more afflict me ; Nor your sweet tongue dipt in gall From Need at all your presence interdict me . By my love , long , firm , and true , VOL . III . Borne to you , B By these tears , my grief expressing ...
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... Dear friend , " O that our love might take no end , " Or never had beginning took ! " I speak not this with a false heart ; " Wherewith his hand she gently strain'd ; " Or that would change a love maintain'd " With so much love on ...
... Dear friend , " O that our love might take no end , " Or never had beginning took ! " I speak not this with a false heart ; " Wherewith his hand she gently strain'd ; " Or that would change a love maintain'd " With so much love on ...
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... dear , " And knit our marriage knot ; " Each hour a day , each month a year , " Thou know'st I think , God wot . " Delay not then , like worldly men , " Good works till wither'd age : " " Bove other things the King of Kings " Bless'd ...
... dear , " And knit our marriage knot ; " Each hour a day , each month a year , " Thou know'st I think , God wot . " Delay not then , like worldly men , " Good works till wither'd age : " " Bove other things the King of Kings " Bless'd ...
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... dear , fly fast , my Thomalin ! Who him encounters once , for ever dies . But if he lurk between the ruddy lips , Unhappy soul , that thence his nectar sips , While down into his heart the sugar'd poison slips ! 4 Oft in a voice he ...
... dear , fly fast , my Thomalin ! Who him encounters once , for ever dies . But if he lurk between the ruddy lips , Unhappy soul , that thence his nectar sips , While down into his heart the sugar'd poison slips ! 4 Oft in a voice he ...
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