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In black mourn I , all fears scorn I , Love hath forlorn me , living in thrall : Heart is
bleeding , all help needing , ( O cruel speeding ! ) fraughted with gall . My
shepherd's pipe can sound no deal , My wether's bell rings doleful knell ; My
curtail dog ...
In black mourn I , all fears scorn I , Love hath forlorn me , living in thrall : Heart is
bleeding , all help needing , ( O cruel speeding ! ) fraughted with gall . My
shepherd's pipe can sound no deal , My wether's bell rings doleful knell ; My
curtail dog ...
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But had I as many hearts as hairs , As many loves as love has fears , As many
lives as years have hours , They should be all and only yours . Unknown XXIV . “
WHAT WIGHT HE LOVED . " SHALL I tell you whom I love ? Hearken then awhile
...
But had I as many hearts as hairs , As many loves as love has fears , As many
lives as years have hours , They should be all and only yours . Unknown XXIV . “
WHAT WIGHT HE LOVED . " SHALL I tell you whom I love ? Hearken then awhile
...
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... I must tell you , these discover What doubts and fears are in a lover . Thomas
Carew . XXVIII . THE SHEPHERD'S DESCRIPTION OF LOVE , " SHEPHERD ,
what's love ? I pray thee , tell ! ”It is that fountain , and that well , Where pleasure
and ...
... I must tell you , these discover What doubts and fears are in a lover . Thomas
Carew . XXVIII . THE SHEPHERD'S DESCRIPTION OF LOVE , " SHEPHERD ,
what's love ? I pray thee , tell ! ”It is that fountain , and that well , Where pleasure
and ...
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Her feet beneath her petticoat , Like little mice , stole in and out , As if they fear'd
the light : But O ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter - day Is half so
fine a sight . Her cheeks so rare a white was on , No daisy makes comparison ...
Her feet beneath her petticoat , Like little mice , stole in and out , As if they fear'd
the light : But O ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter - day Is half so
fine a sight . Her cheeks so rare a white was on , No daisy makes comparison ...
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He sees the golden age , wherein All things were free and common ; He eats , he
drinks , he takes his restAnd fears nor man nor woman . Sir John Suckling : XLIX .
THE NYMPH'S REPLY TO THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD . If all the world ...
He sees the golden age , wherein All things were free and common ; He eats , he
drinks , he takes his restAnd fears nor man nor woman . Sir John Suckling : XLIX .
THE NYMPH'S REPLY TO THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD . If all the world ...
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| Title | Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased English Authors Volume 21 of Minerva library of famous books The Minerva Library Volume 21 of The Minerva library of famous books. Ed. by G. T. Bettany. [v. 21] |
| Editors | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Ward, Lock, 1891 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 425 pages |
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