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... doth the fun the candle light , Or brightest day the darkest night . And thereto hath a truth as just , As had Penelope the fair ; For what she faith , ye may it trust , As it by writing sealed were . And virtues hath the many moe Than ...
... doth the fun the candle light , Or brightest day the darkest night . And thereto hath a truth as just , As had Penelope the fair ; For what she faith , ye may it trust , As it by writing sealed were . And virtues hath the many moe Than ...
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... doth declare , Who hath your heart in hold , And where good - will ye bear . Fain would ye find a cloak Your burning fire to hide , Yet both the flame and smoke Breaks out on every fide . Ye cannot love fo guide That it no iffue win ...
... doth declare , Who hath your heart in hold , And where good - will ye bear . Fain would ye find a cloak Your burning fire to hide , Yet both the flame and smoke Breaks out on every fide . Ye cannot love fo guide That it no iffue win ...
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... doth fail , In thankless thoughts thy thoughts do wear , Thy truth thy faith may not avail For thy good - will . Why shouldft thou so Still graft where grace it will not grow ? Alas poor heart , thus haft thou spent Thy flowering time ...
... doth fail , In thankless thoughts thy thoughts do wear , Thy truth thy faith may not avail For thy good - will . Why shouldft thou so Still graft where grace it will not grow ? Alas poor heart , thus haft thou spent Thy flowering time ...
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... doth the rofe Within her lively face ; At Bacchus ' feast none shall her meet , Ne at no wanton play ; Nor gazing in an open street , Nor gadding as aftray . The modeft mirth that she doth use , Is mix'd with fhamefastness ; All vice she ...
... doth the rofe Within her lively face ; At Bacchus ' feast none shall her meet , Ne at no wanton play ; Nor gazing in an open street , Nor gadding as aftray . The modeft mirth that she doth use , Is mix'd with fhamefastness ; All vice she ...
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... doth yield the bough ! For one good wife , Ulyffes flew A worthy knot of gentle blood : For one ill wife , Greece overthrew The town of Troy . Sith bad and good Bring mischief , Lord let be thy will To keep me free from either ill ! THE ...
... doth yield the bough ! For one good wife , Ulyffes flew A worthy knot of gentle blood : For one ill wife , Greece overthrew The town of Troy . Sith bad and good Bring mischief , Lord let be thy will To keep me free from either ill ! THE ...
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