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“ Hath not thy rose a canker , Somerset ? ” Earl of Somerset . “ Hath not thy rose a thorn , Plantagenet ? ” Richard Plantagenet . ' Ay , sharp and piercing , to maintain his truth , Whiles thy consuming canker eats his falsehood .
“ Hath not thy rose a canker , Somerset ? ” Earl of Somerset . “ Hath not thy rose a thorn , Plantagenet ? ” Richard Plantagenet . ' Ay , sharp and piercing , to maintain his truth , Whiles thy consuming canker eats his falsehood .
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“ But since she did neglect her looking - glass And threw her sun - expelling mask away , The air hath starved the roses in her cheeks , And pinch'd the lily - tincture of her face , That now she is become as black as I. ” Two Gentlemen ...
“ But since she did neglect her looking - glass And threw her sun - expelling mask away , The air hath starved the roses in her cheeks , And pinch'd the lily - tincture of her face , That now she is become as black as I. ” Two Gentlemen ...
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“ As for rosemarie , ” wrote Sir Thomas More , “ I lette it runne all over my walls , not onelie because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to friendship , whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language .
“ As for rosemarie , ” wrote Sir Thomas More , “ I lette it runne all over my walls , not onelie because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to friendship , whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language .
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