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... grow ? Alas poor heart , thus haft thou spent Thy flowering time , thy pleasant years ? With fighing voice weep and lament , For of thy Hope no fruit appears , Thy true meaning is paid with Scorn That ever foweth and reapeth no Corn ...
... grow ? Alas poor heart , thus haft thou spent Thy flowering time , thy pleasant years ? With fighing voice weep and lament , For of thy Hope no fruit appears , Thy true meaning is paid with Scorn That ever foweth and reapeth no Corn ...
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... owe to thee , Here I renounce , and make me free . The fruits were fair the which did grow Within thy garden planted , The leaves were green of every bough , And moisture nothing wanted ; Yet , ere the bloffoms ' gan to fall The ANONYMOUS .
... owe to thee , Here I renounce , and make me free . The fruits were fair the which did grow Within thy garden planted , The leaves were green of every bough , And moisture nothing wanted ; Yet , ere the bloffoms ' gan to fall The ANONYMOUS .
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... May , Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made ; Beafts did leap , and birds did fing , Trees did grow , and plants did fpring ; Every thing did banish moan , Save the nightingale alone WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR . 37.
... May , Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made ; Beafts did leap , and birds did fing , Trees did grow , and plants did fpring ; Every thing did banish moan , Save the nightingale alone WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR . 37.
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... growing , Aftrophel , with Stella sweet , Did for mutual comfort meet ; Both within themselves oppress'd , But each in the other blefs'd . Him great harms had taught much care , Her fair neck a foul yoke bare ; But her fight his cares ...
... growing , Aftrophel , with Stella sweet , Did for mutual comfort meet ; Both within themselves oppress'd , But each in the other blefs'd . Him great harms had taught much care , Her fair neck a foul yoke bare ; But her fight his cares ...
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... his lip , the rofe Growing on ' s cheek ( but none knows how ) With these the chryftal of his brow , And then the dimple of his chin ; - All these did my Campafpe win . At laft he fet her both his eyes , She 50 JOHN LILLY .
... his lip , the rofe Growing on ' s cheek ( but none knows how ) With these the chryftal of his brow , And then the dimple of his chin ; - All these did my Campafpe win . At laft he fet her both his eyes , She 50 JOHN LILLY .
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