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Page 35
... hours and times of your defire , I have no precious time at all to spend , Nor fervices to do till you require : Nor dare I chide the world - without - end hour , Whilft I , my fovereign ! watch the clock for you ; Nor think the ...
... hours and times of your defire , I have no precious time at all to spend , Nor fervices to do till you require : Nor dare I chide the world - without - end hour , Whilft I , my fovereign ! watch the clock for you ; Nor think the ...
Page 54
... hours , Diffolves the beauty of the fairest brow . Then do not thou fuch treasure wafte in vain , But love now whilft thou may'st be lov'd again . SONNET . If this be love to draw a weary breath , With downward looks , ftill reading on ...
... hours , Diffolves the beauty of the fairest brow . Then do not thou fuch treasure wafte in vain , But love now whilft thou may'st be lov'd again . SONNET . If this be love to draw a weary breath , With downward looks , ftill reading on ...
Page 57
... hours , One bird reports unto another , In the fall of filent fhowers ; Whilft the earth ( our common mother ) Hath her bofom deck'd with flowers . Whilft the greatest torch of heaven With bright rays warms Flora's lap , Making days and ...
... hours , One bird reports unto another , In the fall of filent fhowers ; Whilft the earth ( our common mother ) Hath her bofom deck'd with flowers . Whilft the greatest torch of heaven With bright rays warms Flora's lap , Making days and ...
Page 86
... hour . But from her look A wound he took So deep , that for a further boon The nymph he prays ; Whereto she says , Forego me now , come to me foon . But in vain she did conjure him To depart her presence so , Having a thoufand tongues t ...
... hour . But from her look A wound he took So deep , that for a further boon The nymph he prays ; Whereto she says , Forego me now , come to me foon . But in vain she did conjure him To depart her presence so , Having a thoufand tongues t ...
Page 131
... hours And happy days , with thee come not again ! The fad memorials only of my pain Do with thee turn , which turn my sweets to fours ! Thou art the fame which still thou wert before ; Delicious , lufty , amiable , fair , But she whofe ...
... hours And happy days , with thee come not again ! The fad memorials only of my pain Do with thee turn , which turn my sweets to fours ! Thou art the fame which still thou wert before ; Delicious , lufty , amiable , fair , But she whofe ...
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againſt beauty beauty's beſt birds bluſh breaſt breath cauſe cheek Corydon Cupid dear death defire delight deſpair doft doth eyes fair fear feem fhall fhepherd fhew fighs fince fing firſt flain flame fleep flowers fmile fome fong foon forrow foul freſh ftill ftreams fuch fwear fweet glaſs grace grief Harpalus hath heart heav'n himſelf joys kifs kiſs laft laſt live loft loſe lov'd love's lovers lullaby maid melancholy Methinks moſt muft muſt myſelf ne'er night nought nymph paffion paſs Phillida Phillis pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure pofies praiſe reaſon reft reſt rofe roſe ſay ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſkies ſmile ſome SONG SONNET ſpend ſpent ſport ſpread ſpring ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch ſweet tears Tell tereu thee themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand uſe wanton Whilft whofe Whoſe wind wiſh youth