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... keepe ) Which spread on every plaine , and hilly would , Fleeces no leffe esteem'd then that of gold , For whose exchange one Indy jems of price , The other gives you of her choicest spice , And well the may ; but we unwife , the while ...
... keepe ) Which spread on every plaine , and hilly would , Fleeces no leffe esteem'd then that of gold , For whose exchange one Indy jems of price , The other gives you of her choicest spice , And well the may ; but we unwife , the while ...
Page 38
... keepe time and equall measure . For winning riches , feeke the best directions How I well fubdue mine owne affections . For rayfing ftately pyles for heyres to come , Here in this poem I erect my toombe . may And time may be fo kinde ...
... keepe time and equall measure . For winning riches , feeke the best directions How I well fubdue mine owne affections . For rayfing ftately pyles for heyres to come , Here in this poem I erect my toombe . may And time may be fo kinde ...
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... keepe thy fame alive In spite of Destinies , That can fuppreffe my griefe ; All these , and more may be , Yet all in vain to recompence My greatest loffe of thee . Cypreffe may fade , the countenance be chang'd , A garment rot , an ...
... keepe thy fame alive In spite of Destinies , That can fuppreffe my griefe ; All these , and more may be , Yet all in vain to recompence My greatest loffe of thee . Cypreffe may fade , the countenance be chang'd , A garment rot , an ...
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... keepe need vertuous ? and that done not feare What Lady damn'd him for his abfence there ? Did he attend the Court for no man's fall ? Wore he the ruine of no Hofpitall ? And when he did his rich apparell don , Put he no widow , nor an ...
... keepe need vertuous ? and that done not feare What Lady damn'd him for his abfence there ? Did he attend the Court for no man's fall ? Wore he the ruine of no Hofpitall ? And when he did his rich apparell don , Put he no widow , nor an ...
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... keepe their flockes on Mountaines , Dales , or Plaines : For oft the bore the wanton in her arme , And oft her bed and bofom did him warme ; Now when unkindly fates did him deftroy , Bleft dog he had the grace , With tears for him that ...
... keepe their flockes on Mountaines , Dales , or Plaines : For oft the bore the wanton in her arme , And oft her bed and bofom did him warme ; Now when unkindly fates did him deftroy , Bleft dog he had the grace , With tears for him that ...
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Page 107 - Since there's no help, come, let us kiss and part! Nay, I have done. You get no more of me! And I am glad, yea, glad with all my heart, That thus so cleanly I myself can free. Shake hands for ever! Cancel all our vows! And when we meet at any time again, Be it not seen in either of our brows That we one jot of former love retain.
Page 149 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Page 60 - Thou wilt not wake Till I thy fate shall overtake: Till age, or grief, or sickness must Marry my body to that dust It so much loves; and fill the room My heart keeps empty in thy tomb.
Page 156 - My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 149 - God save him; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home: But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off,— His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience,— That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Page 36 - I cannot, I, no, no ! it will not be. This is the cause that I could never yet Hang on their sleeves that weigh, as thou mayst see, A chip of chance more than a pound of wit.
Page 90 - Must call thee so, the rich affection's store That fed our hopes lies now exhaust and spent, Like sums of treasure unto bankrupts lent. We that did nothing study but the way To love each other, with which thoughts the day Rose with delight to us, and with them set, Must learn the hateful art how to forget. We that did nothing wish that...
Page 21 - LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to-night.
Page 104 - With feigned solace ease a true-felt woe; Or if, deaf god, thou do deny that grace, Come as thou wilt, and what thou wilt bequeath, I long to kiss the image of my death.
Page 29 - Tis vain to flee, till gentle mercy show Her better eye ; the farther off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. Th...