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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 36
... yield at length , When craft hath taught her thus to fay ; " Had women been as strong as men , " In faith , you had not had it then . " And , to her will frame all thy ways , Spare not to spend , and chiefly there Where thy defert may ...
... yield at length , When craft hath taught her thus to fay ; " Had women been as strong as men , " In faith , you had not had it then . " And , to her will frame all thy ways , Spare not to spend , and chiefly there Where thy defert may ...
Page 55
... yield up all to tyrant Time's defire ; Then fade those flowers that deck'd her pride fo long . When if she grieve to gaze her in her glass , Which then presents her winter - wither'd hue , Go you , my verse , go tell her what she was ...
... yield up all to tyrant Time's defire ; Then fade those flowers that deck'd her pride fo long . When if she grieve to gaze her in her glass , Which then presents her winter - wither'd hue , Go you , my verse , go tell her what she was ...
Page 57
... yield thee praise . Make me to fay , when all my griefs are gone , Happy the heart that figh'd for such a one . O D E. Now each creature joys the other , Paffing happy days and hours , One bird reports unto another , In the fall of ...
... yield thee praise . Make me to fay , when all my griefs are gone , Happy the heart that figh'd for such a one . O D E. Now each creature joys the other , Paffing happy days and hours , One bird reports unto another , In the fall of ...
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... yield unto the yoke , The steel obeyeth the hammer ftroke . The ftately ftag , that feems fo ftout , By yelping hounds at bay is fet ; The swifteft bird that flies about , At length is caught in fowler's net : The greatest fish , in ...
... yield unto the yoke , The steel obeyeth the hammer ftroke . The ftately ftag , that feems fo ftout , By yelping hounds at bay is fet ; The swifteft bird that flies about , At length is caught in fowler's net : The greatest fish , in ...
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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