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... touch : And sure at length stolen goods do come to light . But if , both for your love and skill , your name You seek to nurse at fullest breasts of fame , Stella behold , and then begin t ' endite . SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . 1554-1586 . HIS ...
... touch : And sure at length stolen goods do come to light . But if , both for your love and skill , your name You seek to nurse at fullest breasts of fame , Stella behold , and then begin t ' endite . SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . 1554-1586 . HIS ...
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... every finest limb descending , From eyes to lips from lips to ivory neck . And every limb supplied and t ' every part Had free access but durst not touch her heart . EDMUND SPENSER . 1552-1599 . HIS LADY'S PRIDE . RUDELY 8 ENGLISH SONNETS .
... every finest limb descending , From eyes to lips from lips to ivory neck . And every limb supplied and t ' every part Had free access but durst not touch her heart . EDMUND SPENSER . 1552-1599 . HIS LADY'S PRIDE . RUDELY 8 ENGLISH SONNETS .
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... touches ne'er touched earthly faces . ' So should my papers , yellowed with their age , Be scorned , like old men of less truth than tongue ; And your true rights be termed a poet's rage And stretched metre of an antique song : But were ...
... touches ne'er touched earthly faces . ' So should my papers , yellowed with their age , Be scorned , like old men of less truth than tongue ; And your true rights be termed a poet's rage And stretched metre of an antique song : But were ...
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... sound draws forth a tear ; Be therefore silent as in woods before : Or if that any hand to touch thee deign , Like widowed turtle , still her loss complain . " F WILLIAM DRUMMOND HIS LOST LOVE . SWEET Spring , thou ENGLISH SONNETS . 65.
... sound draws forth a tear ; Be therefore silent as in woods before : Or if that any hand to touch thee deign , Like widowed turtle , still her loss complain . " F WILLIAM DRUMMOND HIS LOST LOVE . SWEET Spring , thou ENGLISH SONNETS . 65.
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... touches sweetest tones reply ; — Still humbleness with her low - breathèd voice Can steal o'er man's proud heart , and win his choice From earth to heaven , with mightier witchery Than eloquence or wisdom e'er could own . Bloom on then ...
... touches sweetest tones reply ; — Still humbleness with her low - breathèd voice Can steal o'er man's proud heart , and win his choice From earth to heaven , with mightier witchery Than eloquence or wisdom e'er could own . Bloom on then ...
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