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My shepherd's pipe can sound no deal , My wether's bell rings doleful knell ; My
curtail dog , that wont to have play'd , Plays not at all , but seems afraid ; With
sighs so deep procures to weep , In howling wise , to see my doleful plight How ...
My shepherd's pipe can sound no deal , My wether's bell rings doleful knell ; My
curtail dog , that wont to have play'd , Plays not at all , but seems afraid ; With
sighs so deep procures to weep , In howling wise , to see my doleful plight How ...
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... To play with fools , O what a fool was I ! Edward Vere , Earl of Oxford . VIII .
HAPPY AS A SHEPHERD , AH ! what is love ! It is a pretty thing , As sweet unto a
shepherd as a king , And sweeter , too ; For kings have cares that wait upon a
crown ...
... To play with fools , O what a fool was I ! Edward Vere , Earl of Oxford . VIII .
HAPPY AS A SHEPHERD , AH ! what is love ! It is a pretty thing , As sweet unto a
shepherd as a king , And sweeter , too ; For kings have cares that wait upon a
crown ...
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... With a troop of damsels playing Forth I rode , forsooth , a - maying , When anon
by a woodside , Where as May was in his pride , I espied , all alone , Phillida and
Corydon . Much ado there was , God wot ! He would love , and she would not ...
... With a troop of damsels playing Forth I rode , forsooth , a - maying , When anon
by a woodside , Where as May was in his pride , I espied , all alone , Phillida and
Corydon . Much ado there was , God wot ! He would love , and she would not ...
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... tolls us all to heaven or hell ; And this is love , as I heard tell . “ Yet , what is love
? I pray thee , say ! ” — It is a work on holiday : It is December match'd with May ,
When lusty woods , in fresh array , Hear , ten months after , of the play ; And this ...
... tolls us all to heaven or hell ; And this is love , as I heard tell . “ Yet , what is love
? I pray thee , say ! ” — It is a work on holiday : It is December match'd with May ,
When lusty woods , in fresh array , Hear , ten months after , of the play ; And this ...
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TO HIS MISTRESS OBJECTING TO HIS NEITHER TOYING NOR TALKING . You
say I love not , ' cause I do not play Still with your curls , and kiss the time away .
You blame me , too , because I can't devise Some sport , to please those babies ...
TO HIS MISTRESS OBJECTING TO HIS NEITHER TOYING NOR TALKING . You
say I love not , ' cause I do not play Still with your curls , and kiss the time away .
You blame me , too , because I can't devise Some sport , to please those babies ...
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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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