Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, with a Biography of Each Poet, &c, Volume 3H. Washbourne, 1845 |
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... 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 Will , And Will is led by fond desire , There Reason were as good be still , As speaking ...
... 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 Will , And Will is led by fond desire , There Reason were as good be still , As speaking ...
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... Then , O then ! let that suffice , Your dear eyes Need not , need not more afflict me ; Nor your sweet tongue dipt in gall Need at all From your presence interdict me . By my love , long , firm , and true 12 REIGN OF JAMES I.
... Then , O then ! let that suffice , Your dear eyes Need not , need not more afflict me ; Nor your sweet tongue dipt in gall Need at all From your presence interdict me . By my love , long , firm , and true 12 REIGN OF JAMES I.
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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 either part ...
... 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 either part ...
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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 lawful marriage ...
... 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 lawful marriage ...
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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 ! Oft in a voice he creeps ...
... 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 ! Oft in a voice he creeps ...
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