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... pain , She could not make the like again . Sith Nature thus gave her the praise , To be the chiefeft work fhe wrought ; In faith , methinks , fome better ways On your behalf might well be fought , Than to compare ( as ye have done ) To ...
... pain , She could not make the like again . Sith Nature thus gave her the praise , To be the chiefeft work fhe wrought ; In faith , methinks , fome better ways On your behalf might well be fought , Than to compare ( as ye have done ) To ...
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... pain : Think not alone under the Sun Unquit to cause thy Lover's plaine , Although my lute and I have done . May chance thee lie withered and old In winter nights that are so cold , Plaining in vain unto the moon ; Thy wishes then dare ...
... pain : Think not alone under the Sun Unquit to cause thy Lover's plaine , Although my lute and I have done . May chance thee lie withered and old In winter nights that are so cold , Plaining in vain unto the moon ; Thy wishes then dare ...
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... pain ( if none be small enow ) To find good ftore of Helen's trade ; Such fap the root doth yield the bough ! For one good wife , Ulysses slew A worthy knot of gentle blood : For one ill wife , Greece overthrew The town of Troy . Sith ...
... pain ( if none be small enow ) To find good ftore of Helen's trade ; Such fap the root doth yield the bough ! For one good wife , Ulysses slew A worthy knot of gentle blood : For one ill wife , Greece overthrew The town of Troy . Sith ...
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... pain . My thought was free , my heart was light , I marked not who loft , who faught , * I plaid by day , I flept by night , I forced not who wept , who laugh'd ; Perhaps faved , or won . My thought from all fuch things was free , And ...
... pain . My thought was free , my heart was light , I marked not who loft , who faught , * I plaid by day , I flept by night , I forced not who wept , who laugh'd ; Perhaps faved , or won . My thought from all fuch things was free , And ...
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... pains of my despairs . " Of Corin that is caréless " That she may crave her fee , " As I have done in great distress " That lov'd her faithfully . " But fince that I shall die her slave , " Her flave and eke her thrall , " Write you ...
... pains of my despairs . " Of Corin that is caréless " That she may crave her fee , " As I have done in great distress " That lov'd her faithfully . " But fince that I shall die her slave , " Her flave and eke her thrall , " Write you ...
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