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... spirit , impatient of pain , When he had lost his honour and his right , ( Proud time of wealth , in storms appalled with dread , ) Murdered himself , to show some manful deed . EARL OF SURREY . 1516 ? -1547 . SPRING . 2 ENGLISH SONNETS .
... spirit , impatient of pain , When he had lost his honour and his right , ( Proud time of wealth , in storms appalled with dread , ) Murdered himself , to show some manful deed . EARL OF SURREY . 1516 ? -1547 . SPRING . 2 ENGLISH SONNETS .
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... spirit that thou send'st from thee So far from home , into my deeds to pry ; To find out shames and idle hours in me , The scope and tenour of thy jealousy ? O no ! thy love , though much , is not so great ; It is my love that keeps ...
... spirit that thou send'st from thee So far from home , into my deeds to pry ; To find out shames and idle hours in me , The scope and tenour of thy jealousy ? O no ! thy love , though much , is not so great ; It is my love that keeps ...
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... spirit of youth in every thing , That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped with him . Yet nor the lays of birds , nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue , Could make me any summer's story tell , Or from their proud lap ...
... spirit of youth in every thing , That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped with him . Yet nor the lays of birds , nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue , Could make me any summer's story tell , Or from their proud lap ...
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... not with his brief hours and weeks , But bears it out even to the edge of doom . If this be error , and upon me proved , I never writ , nor no man ever loved . E THE COURSE OF LUST . WILLIAM THE expense of spirit ENGLISH SONNETS . 49.
... not with his brief hours and weeks , But bears it out even to the edge of doom . If this be error , and upon me proved , I never writ , nor no man ever loved . E THE COURSE OF LUST . WILLIAM THE expense of spirit ENGLISH SONNETS . 49.
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A Selection John Dennis. THE COURSE OF LUST . WILLIAM THE expense of spirit in a waste of shame SHAKE- SPEARE . 1564-1616 . Is lust in action ; and till action , lust Is perjured , murderous , bloody , full of blame , Savage , extreme ...
A Selection John Dennis. THE COURSE OF LUST . WILLIAM THE expense of spirit in a waste of shame SHAKE- SPEARE . 1564-1616 . Is lust in action ; and till action , lust Is perjured , murderous , bloody , full of blame , Savage , extreme ...
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