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" Now fie on foolish love, it not befits Or man or woman know it. Love was not meant for people in their wits, And they that fondly show it, Betray the straw and feathers in their brain, And shall have Bedlam for their pain : If single love be such a curse,... "
The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley,: Honoria and Mammon. Chabot ... - Page 459
by James Shirley - 1833
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Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books, Volume 2

William Beloe - 1807 - 468 pages
...And waking to wear fetters ; To love is but to go to school to weep ; I'll. leave it for my betters. If single love be such a curse, To marry is to make it ten times worse. From the Careless Shepherdess, a Tragi-Comecly, acted before the King and Queen, and at Salisbury Court....
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 6

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 802 pages
...it Betray the straw, and feathers in their braine, And shall hare Bedlam for their paine : If tingle love be such a curse, To marry is to make it ten times worse. VA SONG. Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past yeares...
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Songs from the Dramatists

Robert Bell - 1854 - 290 pages
...And waking to wear fetters ; To love is but to go to school to weep; I'll leave it for my betters. If single love be such a curse, To marry is to make it ten times worse. THE TYRANNY OF CUPID. BLIND Cupid lay aside thy bow, Thou dost not know its use, For love, thou tyranny...
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The Lovers' Dictionary: A Poetical Treasury of Lovers' Thoughts, Fancies ...

J. H. - 1867 - 860 pages
...And waking to wear fetters ; To love is but to go to school to weep j I'll leave it for my betters. If single love be such a curse, To marry is to make it ten times worse. Thomas Goffe. 53i. CANZONET. TH E golden sun that brings the day, And lends men light to see withal,...
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The Epigrammatists: A Selection from the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient ...

Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 pages
...befits Or man or woman know it. Love was not meant for people in their wits, And they that fondly show it, Betray the straw and feathers in their brain,...such a curse, To marry is to make it ten times worse. Although this was published by Shirley himself in his volume of poeins, 1646, Chalmers, in his edition...
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The epigrammatists: a selection, with notes and an intr. by H. P. Dodd

Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pages
...befits Or man or woman know it. Love was not meant for people in their wits, And they that fondly show it, Betray the straw and feathers in their brain,...such a curse, To marry is to make it ten times worse. Although this was published by Shirley himself in his volume of poems, 1646, Chalmers, in his edition...
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The Epigrammatists: A Selection from the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient ...

Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 748 pages
...people in their wite, And they that fondly show it, Betray the straw and feathers in their braiii, And shall have Bedlam for their pain : If single love...such a curse, To marry is to make it ten times worse. Although this was published by Shirley himself in his volume of poems, lt>46, Chalmers, in his edition...
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Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age

Arthur Henry Bullen - 1889 - 288 pages
...befits Or man or woman know it: Love was not meant for people in their wits, And they that fondly show it Betray the straw and feathers in their brain, And...a curse, To marry is to make it ten times worse." We have seen that another song —" Heigh-ho what shall a shepherd do ?"—is ascribed both to Shirley...
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Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age

Arthur Henry Bullen - 1889 - 290 pages
...And waking to wear fetters ; To love is but to go to school to weep ; I'll leave it for my betters. If single love be such a curse, To marry is to make it ten times worse. 1 This song probably belongs to Shirley. See Notes at the end. From The London Chanticleers. A Witty...
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Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age

Arthur Henry Bullen - 1891 - 340 pages
...befits Or man or woman know it: Love was not meant for people in their wits, And they that fondly show it Betray the straw and feathers in their brain, And...pain. If single love be such a curse, To marry is to mai:c it ten times worse." We have seen that another song—" Heigh-ho, what shall a shepherd do ?"—is...
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