Poems in English, 1530-1940 |
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... hair ! But when to mischief mortals bend their will , How soon they find fit instruments of ill ! Just then , Clarissa drew with tempting grace A two - edged weapon from her shining case : So ladies in romance assist their knight ...
... hair ! But when to mischief mortals bend their will , How soon they find fit instruments of ill ! Just then , Clarissa drew with tempting grace A two - edged weapon from her shining case : So ladies in romance assist their knight ...
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... hairs ( Sir Plume of amber snuff - box justly vain , And the nice conduct of a clouded cane ) ; With earnest eyes , and ... hair ; Which never more its honours shall renew , Clipped from the lovely head where late it grew ) That while my ...
... hairs ( Sir Plume of amber snuff - box justly vain , And the nice conduct of a clouded cane ) ; With earnest eyes , and ... hair ; Which never more its honours shall renew , Clipped from the lovely head where late it grew ) That while my ...
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... hair . Tell me not of your starry eyes , Your lips that seem on roses fed , Your breasts where Cupid trembling lies , Nor sleeps for kissing of his bed . A bloomy pair of vermeil cheeks , Like Hebe's in her ruddiest hours , A breath ...
... hair . Tell me not of your starry eyes , Your lips that seem on roses fed , Your breasts where Cupid trembling lies , Nor sleeps for kissing of his bed . A bloomy pair of vermeil cheeks , Like Hebe's in her ruddiest hours , A breath ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY 15161547 | 12 |
Come sleep O sleep the certain knot of peace 15 Stella oft sees the very face of woe | 18 |
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