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Page 176
... delight , the comfort of my mind , My love , my dove , my solace , and my joy ; But if I can no grace nor mercy find , I'll go to Caucasus to ease my smart , And let a vulture gnaw upon my heart . Yet if thou wilt but show me one kind ...
... delight , the comfort of my mind , My love , my dove , my solace , and my joy ; But if I can no grace nor mercy find , I'll go to Caucasus to ease my smart , And let a vulture gnaw upon my heart . Yet if thou wilt but show me one kind ...
Page 179
... delight me best When perched with prick against her breast , She sings , ' Fie , fie ! ' as if she suffered wrong ... delightful measures To my ears pleasing ever . Of strains so sweet , sweet birds deprive us never . The thrush did pipe ...
... delight me best When perched with prick against her breast , She sings , ' Fie , fie ! ' as if she suffered wrong ... delightful measures To my ears pleasing ever . Of strains so sweet , sweet birds deprive us never . The thrush did pipe ...
Page 298
... delight , So took echo with delight , That her voice untuneful grown , Wears all day a fainter tone . I would mock thy chant anew ; But I cannot mimic it ; Not a whit of thy tu whoo , Thee to woo to thy tu whit , Thee to woo to thy tu ...
... delight , So took echo with delight , That her voice untuneful grown , Wears all day a fainter tone . I would mock thy chant anew ; But I cannot mimic it ; Not a whit of thy tu whoo , Thee to woo to thy tu whit , Thee to woo to thy tu ...
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Anglo-Saxon beak bill blackbird bough breast British Birds bush carrion crow century choir cock Columbo crow cuckoo death delight dost doth dyry eagle eggs falcon fall feathers flies fluttering fowl geese goldfinch goosander goose green green woodpecker ground grove hath hawk hear heard heart heaven lanneret lark leaves light linnet look melody merry morning mourn nest never night nightingale o'er Parliament of Fowls pelican Philip Philomel phoenix plumes poem poets poor pretty raven red grouse rhymes ring Robin Redbreast says shrill sing soft song song thrush soul sound sparrow spring stock dove strain swallow swan sweet tell Tereus thee thou thought throat thrush Timor mortis conturbat titmouse tongue tree tune turtle unto voice warbling weep wild wind wings winter wood wood lark wren yellowhammer