Rare Poems of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CenturiesWilliam James Linton |
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... spite : Never doth thy beauty flourish More than in my reason's sight . " But the wrongs love bears will make Love at length leave undertaking . " — No ! the more fools it do shake In a ground of so firm making , Deeper still they drive ...
... spite : Never doth thy beauty flourish More than in my reason's sight . " But the wrongs love bears will make Love at length leave undertaking . " — No ! the more fools it do shake In a ground of so firm making , Deeper still they drive ...
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... spite , All waywardness which nothing kindly brooks , All strife for toys and claiming master's right , Be hence aye put to flight ; All stirring husband's hate ' Gainst neighbours good for womanish debate Be fled as things most vain ...
... spite , All waywardness which nothing kindly brooks , All strife for toys and claiming master's right , Be hence aye put to flight ; All stirring husband's hate ' Gainst neighbours good for womanish debate Be fled as things most vain ...
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... hath a name as free from blot As Virtue's brow , or as his life Is from the least suspect or spot , Although he lives without a wife . That doth , in spite of all debate , Possess JOHN DAVIES [1560-5-1618] page THE PICTURE OF AN HAPPY.
... hath a name as free from blot As Virtue's brow , or as his life Is from the least suspect or spot , Although he lives without a wife . That doth , in spite of all debate , Possess JOHN DAVIES [1560-5-1618] page THE PICTURE OF AN HAPPY.
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William James Linton. That doth , in spite of all debate , Possess his soul in patiènce ; And pray , in love , for all that hate ; And hate but what doth give offence . Whose soul is like a sea too still , That rests , though moved : yea ...
William James Linton. That doth , in spite of all debate , Possess his soul in patiènce ; And pray , in love , for all that hate ; And hate but what doth give offence . Whose soul is like a sea too still , That rests , though moved : yea ...
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... spite of darkness brought us hither , Should in despite of light keep us together . Light hath no tongue , but is all eye : If it could speak as well as spy , This were the worst that it could say , That being well I fain would stay ...
... spite of darkness brought us hither , Should in despite of light keep us together . Light hath no tongue , but is all eye : If it could speak as well as spy , This were the worst that it could say , That being well I fain would stay ...
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adieu AMETAS Anthony Munday barley-break beauty beauty's beggars bel ami bliss breast bright CARMELA CLORINDA CORYDON DAMON dare dear death delight desire disdain doth earth Ellis England's Helicon EPITHALAMIUM eyes face fair faith Fancy fear fire flame flowers Folly Fortune golden golden morning breaks grace grief hast hath heart heaven hope Hymen joys keep kiss Lady light lips live love anew love true Love's lover Lycoris MADRIGALS methinks mind mirth Mistress N'oserez-vous ne'er never night nought Nymphs pain PHILISTUS Phillada flouts PHILLIDA pity play pleasure poems poet poor praise pride RICHARD BROME scorn shepherd shine sigh sight sing sleep smile SONG Sonnets sorrow soul Spring stanza stars stay sweet Love tears thee thine thing THOMAS NABBES thou dost Thou lovest amiss thoughts three Ravens TOTTEL'S MISCELLANY tree true love unto untrue Love virtue weep wish