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Page 97
... thee ( let my craving , O Lord , be accepted of thee , since even that proceeds from thee , ) let me crave , even by the noblest title , which in my greatest affliction I may give myself , that I am thy creature , and by thy goodness ...
... thee ( let my craving , O Lord , be accepted of thee , since even that proceeds from thee , ) let me crave , even by the noblest title , which in my greatest affliction I may give myself , that I am thy creature , and by thy goodness ...
Page 99
... thee to be his surety , give him a part of what thou hast to spare ; if he press thee farther , he is not thy friend at all , for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it ; if thou be bound for a stranger , thou art a ...
... thee to be his surety , give him a part of what thou hast to spare ; if he press thee farther , he is not thy friend at all , for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it ; if thou be bound for a stranger , thou art a ...
Page 100
... thee to that worst of worldly miseries . " If thou be rich , it will give thee pleasure in health , comfort in sickness , keep thy mind and body free , save thee from many perils , relieve thee in thy elder years , relieve the poor and ...
... thee to that worst of worldly miseries . " If thou be rich , it will give thee pleasure in health , comfort in sickness , keep thy mind and body free , save thee from many perils , relieve thee in thy elder years , relieve the poor and ...
Page 111
... thee ! Too long a stranger to thy shrine , And heedless of thy songs divine , I follow'd shadows , false though fair , That beckoning through the misty air , Drew me , unwilling and afraid , To desert paths of deepest shade . Yet not ...
... thee ! Too long a stranger to thy shrine , And heedless of thy songs divine , I follow'd shadows , false though fair , That beckoning through the misty air , Drew me , unwilling and afraid , To desert paths of deepest shade . Yet not ...
Page 148
... thee , dear , so much , Loved I not honour more . " " But although song - writing , particularly of the amatory strain , was , without question , the forte of Lovelace , many of his other poems possess a high 148 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... thee , dear , so much , Loved I not honour more . " " But although song - writing , particularly of the amatory strain , was , without question , the forte of Lovelace , many of his other poems possess a high 148 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
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