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Page iv
... seem less connected with the history of our poetry , than with that of our ancient manners and customs . For this reason too , the longest are scarcely suscep- tible of abridgment , and their number is not fo confiderable as to require ...
... seem less connected with the history of our poetry , than with that of our ancient manners and customs . For this reason too , the longest are scarcely suscep- tible of abridgment , and their number is not fo confiderable as to require ...
Page 40
... seems to say ' tis Cupid's fire . Yet all fo fair but speak my moan , Syth nought doth fay the heart of ftone . Why thus my love fo kind befpeak Sweet eye , fweet lip , fweet blushing cheek , Yet not a heart to fave my pain ? O Venus ...
... seems to say ' tis Cupid's fire . Yet all fo fair but speak my moan , Syth nought doth fay the heart of ftone . Why thus my love fo kind befpeak Sweet eye , fweet lip , fweet blushing cheek , Yet not a heart to fave my pain ? O Venus ...
Page 66
... seem stark mute , but inwardly do prate . I am , and not , I freeze , and yet am burn'd , Since from myself my other self I turn'd . My care is like my shadow in the fun , Follows me flying , flies when I pursue it ; Stands and lies by ...
... seem stark mute , but inwardly do prate . I am , and not , I freeze , and yet am burn'd , Since from myself my other self I turn'd . My care is like my shadow in the fun , Follows me flying , flies when I pursue it ; Stands and lies by ...
Page 88
... seems The bottom is but shallow whence they come . They that are rich in words must needs discover , They are but poor in that which makes a lover . Wrong not , fweet mistress of my heart , The merit of true paffion , With thinking that ...
... seems The bottom is but shallow whence they come . They that are rich in words must needs discover , They are but poor in that which makes a lover . Wrong not , fweet mistress of my heart , The merit of true paffion , With thinking that ...
Page 99
... seems too high , Shall I play the fool and die ? Those that bear a noble mind Where they want of riches find , Think what with them they would do , Who without them dare to woo ; And unless that mind I fee , What care I how great she be ...
... seems too high , Shall I play the fool and die ? Those that bear a noble mind Where they want of riches find , Think what with them they would do , Who without them dare to woo ; And unless that mind I fee , What care I how great she be ...
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