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... 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 .
... 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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... heat and cold themselves to fave , At all times as they lift . The owl , with feeble fight , Lies lurking in the leaves ; The fparrow , in the frosty night , May shroud her in the eaves . But , woe to me , alas ! In fun ΙΟ ANONYMOUS .
... heat and cold themselves to fave , At all times as they lift . The owl , with feeble fight , Lies lurking in the leaves ; The fparrow , in the frosty night , May shroud her in the eaves . But , woe to me , alas ! In fun ΙΟ ANONYMOUS .
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... leaves ; " He eats the fruits of thy redress , * " Thou reaps , he takes the sheaves . " My beafts , awhile your food refrain , " And hark your herdsman's found , " Whom spiteful love , alas ! hath flain , Through - girt + with many a ...
... leaves ; " He eats the fruits of thy redress , * " Thou reaps , he takes the sheaves . " My beafts , awhile your food refrain , " And hark your herdsman's found , " Whom spiteful love , alas ! hath flain , Through - girt + with many a ...
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... leave , With lullaby your dreams deceive , And , when you rife with waking eye , Remember then this lullaby . I THE DOLE OF DESPAIR , WRITTEN BY A LOVER Disdainfully rejected , contrary to former Promises . MUST alledge , and thou canst ...
... leave , With lullaby your dreams deceive , And , when you rife with waking eye , Remember then this lullaby . I THE DOLE OF DESPAIR , WRITTEN BY A LOVER Disdainfully rejected , contrary to former Promises . MUST alledge , and thou canst ...
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... leaves the wind All unfeen ' gan paffage find , That the lover , fick to death , Wifh'd himself the heaven's breath . Air ( quoth he ) thy cheeks may blow ; - Air , would I might triumph fo ! But , alack ! my hand is fworn Ne'er to ...
... leaves the wind All unfeen ' gan paffage find , That the lover , fick to death , Wifh'd himself the heaven's breath . Air ( quoth he ) thy cheeks may blow ; - Air , would I might triumph fo ! But , alack ! my hand is fworn Ne'er to ...
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