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... hath clad the hill , and eke the vale , The nightingale with feathers new she sings ; The turtle to her make hath told her tale . Summer is come , for every spray now springs , The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The buck in ...
... hath clad the hill , and eke the vale , The nightingale with feathers new she sings ; The turtle to her make hath told her tale . Summer is come , for every spray now springs , The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The buck in ...
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... hath bound , But simple truth and mutual good - will Seeks with sweet peace to salve each other's wound , There Faith doth fearless dwell in brasen tower , And spotless Pleasure builds her sacred bower . EDMUND SPENSER . 1552-1599 ...
... hath bound , But simple truth and mutual good - will Seeks with sweet peace to salve each other's wound , There Faith doth fearless dwell in brasen tower , And spotless Pleasure builds her sacred bower . EDMUND SPENSER . 1552-1599 ...
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... meat , Else need he not to pine as he hath done : For only the sweet fruit of this sweet tree Can give food to my Love , and life to me . HENRY CONSTABLE . Born 1555 LOVE'S CONSTANCY . NEEDS must 22 ENGLISH SONNETS .
... meat , Else need he not to pine as he hath done : For only the sweet fruit of this sweet tree Can give food to my Love , and life to me . HENRY CONSTABLE . Born 1555 LOVE'S CONSTANCY . NEEDS must 22 ENGLISH SONNETS .
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... hath all too short a date : Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines , And often is his gold complexion dimmed ; And every fair from fair sometime declines , By chance , or nature's changing course , untrimmed ; But thy eternal summer ...
... hath all too short a date : Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines , And often is his gold complexion dimmed ; And every fair from fair sometime declines , By chance , or nature's changing course , untrimmed ; But thy eternal summer ...
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... mine , The region cloud hath masked him from me now . Yet him for this my love no whit disdaineth ; Suns of the world may stain when heaven's sun staineth . WILLIAM SHAKE- SPEARE . 1564-1616 . THE TENTH MUSE . ENGLISH SONNETS . 13.
... mine , The region cloud hath masked him from me now . Yet him for this my love no whit disdaineth ; Suns of the world may stain when heaven's sun staineth . WILLIAM SHAKE- SPEARE . 1564-1616 . THE TENTH MUSE . ENGLISH SONNETS . 13.
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Author beauty behold bird breath bright charm Cornhill Crown 8vo dark DAVID GRAY dear death delight divine dost doth dream earth Edition EDMUND SPENSER ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING English Sonnets eyes fair Faith fame fancy fear feel flowers friends grace happy HARTLEY COLERIDGE hast hath heart heaven heavenly HENRY CONSTABLE hope Illustrations JOHN KEATS JOHN MILTON JULIAN FANE Lady language light live London look Lord love thee Love's mind Mistress morn Muse never night o'er passion Paternoster Row Petrarch pleasure poems poet poetical poetry praise Price reader SAMUEL DANIEL Shakespeare shine sight sing sleep song sorrow soul SPEARE spirit story SURREY sweet tears thine things THOMAS WARTON thou art thought touches verse voice volume weary weep WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE WILLIAM DRUMMOND WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES WILLIAM SHAKE WILLIAM WORDS Wordsworth WORTH written