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... 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 . And when thou ...
... 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 . And when thou ...
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... poor fouls that have fcoured bowls , Or have them luftily troul'd , God fave the lives of them and their wives , Whether they be young or old . Back and fide , & c . QUEEN ELIZABETH . # GEORGE GASCOIGNE . A frange PASSION 20 ANONYMOUS .
... poor fouls that have fcoured bowls , Or have them luftily troul'd , God fave the lives of them and their wives , Whether they be young or old . Back and fide , & c . QUEEN ELIZABETH . # GEORGE GASCOIGNE . A frange PASSION 20 ANONYMOUS .
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... poor bird , as all forlorn , Lean'd her breast up - till a thorn ; And there fung the mournful'ft ditty , That to hear it was great pity : Fie , fie , fie , now would she cry ; Tereu , tereu , by and by ; That to hear her fo complain ...
... poor bird , as all forlorn , Lean'd her breast up - till a thorn ; And there fung the mournful'ft ditty , That to hear it was great pity : Fie , fie , fie , now would she cry ; Tereu , tereu , by and by ; That to hear her fo complain ...
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... Poor Robin red - breaft tunes his note ; Hark how the jolly cuckoos fing Cuckoo , to welcome in the spring . SONG . O FOR a bowl of fat Canary , Rich Palermo , fparkling fherry , Some nectar elfe from Juno's dairy ; O these draughts ...
... Poor Robin red - breaft tunes his note ; Hark how the jolly cuckoos fing Cuckoo , to welcome in the spring . SONG . O FOR a bowl of fat Canary , Rich Palermo , fparkling fherry , Some nectar elfe from Juno's dairy ; O these draughts ...
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... poor Sappho lives , for thee she dies . VULCAN'S SONG . My fhag - hair'd Cyclops come , let's ply Our Lemnian hammers luftily . By my wife's fparrows , I fwear these arrows Shall finging fly Through many a wanton's eye . These headed ...
... poor Sappho lives , for thee she dies . VULCAN'S SONG . My fhag - hair'd Cyclops come , let's ply Our Lemnian hammers luftily . By my wife's fparrows , I fwear these arrows Shall finging fly Through many a wanton's eye . These headed ...
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againſt beauty beauty's beſt birds bluſh breaſt breath CASTARA cauſe cheek Corydon Cupid death defire delight deſpair doft doth eyes fair fcorn fear feek feem fhall fhepherd fhew fighs fince fing firft firſt flain flame fleep flowers fmile fnow fome fong foon forrow foul freſh ftill ftreams fuch fwear fweet glaſs grace grief Harpalus hath heart heav'n himſelf joys kifs laſt lefs live loft loſe lov'd love's lovers lullaby maid melancholy miſtreſs moſt muft muſt myſelf ne'er night nought nymph paffion paſs Phillida Phillis pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure poems pofies praiſe preſent reaſon reft rofe roſe ſay ſee ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhould ſkies ſmile SONG SONNET ſpend ſpent ſpread ſpring ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch ſweet tears Tell tereu thee themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand uſe wanton Whilft whofe Whoſe wind wiſh youth