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... I fpied it plain That pity and you fell at debate . For my redress then was I fain Your fervice clean for to forfake ; Wherefore do ' way - you come too late . HARPALUS AND PHILLIDA . PHILLIDA was a fair maid , 734 ANONYMOUS .
... I fpied it plain That pity and you fell at debate . For my redress then was I fain Your fervice clean for to forfake ; Wherefore do ' way - you come too late . HARPALUS AND PHILLIDA . PHILLIDA was a fair maid , 734 ANONYMOUS .
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George Ellis. HARPALUS AND PHILLIDA . PHILLIDA was a fair maid , As fresh as any flower ; Whom Harpalus the herdfman pray'd To be her paramour . Harpalus , and eke Corin , Were herdfmen both yfere ; * And Phillida could twist and spin ...
George Ellis. HARPALUS AND PHILLIDA . PHILLIDA was a fair maid , As fresh as any flower ; Whom Harpalus the herdfman pray'd To be her paramour . Harpalus , and eke Corin , Were herdfmen both yfere ; * And Phillida could twist and spin ...
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... maid . My shroud of white , ftuck all with yew , O prepare it ; My part of death no one fo true Did fhare it . Not a flower , not a flower fweet , On my black coffin let there be ftrown ; Not a friend , not a friend greet Mypoor corpfe ...
... maid . My shroud of white , ftuck all with yew , O prepare it ; My part of death no one fo true Did fhare it . Not a flower , not a flower fweet , On my black coffin let there be ftrown ; Not a friend , not a friend greet Mypoor corpfe ...
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... maids , at length this truth shall find , That his right badge is worn but in the heart : Dumb fwans , not chirping pies , do lovers prove ; They love indeed , who quake to fay they love . < s SONG . WHO is it that this dark night ...
... maids , at length this truth shall find , That his right badge is worn but in the heart : Dumb fwans , not chirping pies , do lovers prove ; They love indeed , who quake to fay they love . < s SONG . WHO is it that this dark night ...
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... maid Whom leering Cupid has betray'd To frowns of fpite , to eyes of scorn , And would in madness now fee torn The boy in pieces ; let her come Hither , and lay on him her doom . O yes ! O yes ! has any loft A heart which many a figh ...
... maid Whom leering Cupid has betray'd To frowns of fpite , to eyes of scorn , And would in madness now fee torn The boy in pieces ; let her come Hither , and lay on him her doom . O yes ! O yes ! has any loft A heart which many a figh ...
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