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... fall . Book i . Ch . II . I'll go his halves . Book iv . Ch . 23 . The Devil was sick , the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well , the Devil a monk was he . Book iv . Ch . 24 . THOMAS TUSSER . 1523-1580 . FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF ...
... fall . Book i . Ch . II . I'll go his halves . Book iv . Ch . 23 . The Devil was sick , the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well , the Devil a monk was he . Book iv . Ch . 24 . THOMAS TUSSER . 1523-1580 . FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF ...
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... fall . Book i . Canto viii . St. 1 . Entire affection hateth nicer hands . Book i . Canto viii . St. 40 . That darksome cave they enter , where they find That cursed man , low sitting on the ground , Musing full sadly in his sullein ...
... fall . Book i . Canto viii . St. 1 . Entire affection hateth nicer hands . Book i . Canto viii . St. 40 . That darksome cave they enter , where they find That cursed man , low sitting on the ground , Musing full sadly in his sullein ...
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... fall to creature Than to enjoy delight with libertie , And to be lord of all the workes of Nature , To raine in th ' aire from earth to highest skie , To feed on flowres and weeds of glorious feature . The Fate of the Butterfly . Line ...
... fall to creature Than to enjoy delight with libertie , And to be lord of all the workes of Nature , To raine in th ' aire from earth to highest skie , To feed on flowres and weeds of glorious feature . The Fate of the Butterfly . Line ...
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... but that I fear to fall . Written on a pane of glass , in Queen Elizabeth's presence.1 1 Her reply was , - If thy heart fail thee , why then climb at all . 1554-1586 . SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . Sweet food of sweetly Raleigh . 13.
... but that I fear to fall . Written on a pane of glass , in Queen Elizabeth's presence.1 1 Her reply was , - If thy heart fail thee , why then climb at all . 1554-1586 . SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . Sweet food of sweetly Raleigh . 13.
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... falls Melodious birds sing madrigals . Ibid . And I will make thee beds of roses , And a thousand fragrant posies . Ibid . When all the world dissolves , And every creature shall be purified , All places shall be hell that are not ...
... falls Melodious birds sing madrigals . Ibid . And I will make thee beds of roses , And a thousand fragrant posies . Ibid . When all the world dissolves , And every creature shall be purified , All places shall be hell that are not ...
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Acti angels Beaumont and Fletcher beauty blessed Book breath Cæsar Canto Canto iii Childe Harold's Pilgrimage dark dead dear death Devil doth dream Dryden Dunciad earth Eccles Eloisa to Abelard Epistle Epitaph Essay eyes Faerie Queene fair fear flower fool give glory grave hand happy hast hath heart heaven Henry honour hope Hudibras Ibid JOHN Julius Cæsar King Lady Letter light Line live Lord man's Matt mind morning nature ne'er never Night numbers o'er Paradise Lost peace pleasure Plutarch Pope Prologue Prov Proverbs Satire Satire vi Shakespeare sigh sleep smile Song Song of Solomon Sonnet sorrow soul Speech spirit Stanza stars sweet tears thee There's thine things THOMAS thought truth unto viii virtue voice weep wind wise woman words young youth