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... far passing , That I can indite , Or suffice to write Of merry Margaret , As
Midsummer flower , Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower ; As patient and as still
, And as full of good will , As fair Isiphil , Coliander , Sweet Pomander , Good
Cassander ...
... far passing , That I can indite , Or suffice to write Of merry Margaret , As
Midsummer flower , Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower ; As patient and as still
, And as full of good will , As fair Isiphil , Coliander , Sweet Pomander , Good
Cassander ...
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Unsettled still , like haggards wild they range , These gentle birds that fly from
man to man ! Who would not scorn and shake them from the fist , And let them fly ,
fair fools , which way they list ? Yet for disport we fawn and flatter both , To pass ...
Unsettled still , like haggards wild they range , These gentle birds that fly from
man to man ! Who would not scorn and shake them from the fist , And let them fly ,
fair fools , which way they list ? Yet for disport we fawn and flatter both , To pass ...
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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 repentance dwell ; It is , perhaps , that passing bell That tolls
us all to ...
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 repentance dwell ; It is , perhaps , that passing bell That tolls
us all to ...
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Thus several ways the time did pass , Till every woman wish'd her place , And
every man wish'd his . By this time all were stol'n aside To counsel and undress
the bride ; But that he must not know : But yet ' twas thought he guess'd her mind
...
Thus several ways the time did pass , Till every woman wish'd her place , And
every man wish'd his . By this time all were stol'n aside To counsel and undress
the bride ; But that he must not know : But yet ' twas thought he guess'd her mind
...
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To pass our tedious hours away , We throw a merry main : Or else at serious
ombre play ; But why should we in vain Each other's ruin thus pursue ? We were
undone when we left you . But now our fears tempestuous grow And cast our
hopes ...
To pass our tedious hours away , We throw a merry main : Or else at serious
ombre play ; But why should we in vain Each other's ruin thus pursue ? We were
undone when we left you . But now our fears tempestuous grow And cast our
hopes ...
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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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