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Page 9
... 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 bad and good Bring mischief , Lord let be thy will To keep me free from either ill ! THE ...
... 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 bad and good Bring mischief , Lord let be thy will To keep me free from either ill ! THE ...
Page 36
... yield at length , When craft hath taught her thus to say : " Had women been as ftrong as men , " In faith , you had not had it then . " And , to her will frame all thy ways , Spare not to spend , and chiefly there Where thy defert may ...
... yield at length , When craft hath taught her thus to say : " Had women been as ftrong as men , " In faith , you had not had it then . " And , to her will frame all thy ways , Spare not to spend , and chiefly there Where thy defert may ...
Page 55
... yield up all to tyrant Time's defire ; Then fade those flowers that deck'd her pride fo long . When if she grieve to gaze her in her glass , Which then presents her winter - wither'd hue , Go you , my verse , go tell her what she was ...
... yield up all to tyrant Time's defire ; Then fade those flowers that deck'd her pride fo long . When if she grieve to gaze her in her glass , Which then presents her winter - wither'd hue , Go you , my verse , go tell her what she was ...
Page 57
... yield thee praife . Make me to fay , when all my griefs are gone , Happy the heart that figh'd for such a one . ODE . Now each creature joys the other , Paffing happy days and hours , One bird reports unto another , In the fall of ...
... yield thee praife . Make me to fay , when all my griefs are gone , Happy the heart that figh'd for such a one . ODE . Now each creature joys the other , Paffing happy days and hours , One bird reports unto another , In the fall of ...
Page 67
... yield unto the yoke , The steel obeyeth the hammer ftroke . The ftately ftag , that seems so ftout , By yelping hounds at bay is fet ; The swifteft bird that flies about , At length is caught in fowler's net : The greatest fish , in ...
... yield unto the yoke , The steel obeyeth the hammer ftroke . The ftately ftag , that seems so ftout , By yelping hounds at bay is fet ; The swifteft bird that flies about , At length is caught in fowler's net : The greatest fish , in ...
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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