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... praise thee , but beauty to commend , And so by beauty's praise , praise thee I will . For as my heart is love , love not in me , So beauty thou - beauty is not in thee . WILLIAM SHAKE- SPEARE . 1564-1616 . A LESSON TAUGHT BY ENGLISH ...
... praise thee , but beauty to commend , And so by beauty's praise , praise thee I will . For as my heart is love , love not in me , So beauty thou - beauty is not in thee . WILLIAM SHAKE- SPEARE . 1564-1616 . A LESSON TAUGHT BY ENGLISH ...
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... praise of ladies dead and lovely knights , Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best , Of hand , of foot , of lip , of eye , of brow , I see their antique pen would have expressed Even such a beauty as you master now . So all their praises ...
... praise of ladies dead and lovely knights , Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best , Of hand , of foot , of lip , of eye , of brow , I see their antique pen would have expressed Even such a beauty as you master now . So all their praises ...
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... praise of meaner things , That ere through age or woe I shed my wings , I may record thy worth with honour due , In verse as musical as thou art true , And that immortalizes whom it sings ; - But thou hast little need . There is a Book ...
... praise of meaner things , That ere through age or woe I shed my wings , I may record thy worth with honour due , In verse as musical as thou art true , And that immortalizes whom it sings ; - But thou hast little need . There is a Book ...
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beauty behold bird breath bright charm dark DAVID GRAY dear death delight divine dost doth dream earth EDMUND SPENSER ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING English Sonnets eternal eyes fade fair Faith fame fear feel flowers friends glory grace grief happy HARTLEY COLERIDGE hast hath heart heaven heavenly HEMANS HENRY CONSTABLE honour hope JOHN KEATS JOHN KEBLE JOHN MILTON JULIAN FANE Lady language light live look Lord love thee Love's Massey's mind Mistress morn Muse never night o'er passion Petrarch pleasure poems poet poet's poetical poetry praise pray SAMUEL DANIEL Shakespeare shine sight silent sing sleep song sonnet writer sorrow soul sound SPEARE spirit SURREY sweet tears thine things THOMAS WARTON thou art thought toil verse voice weary weep WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE WILLIAM DRUMMOND WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES WILLIAM SHAKE WILLIAM WORDS Wordsworth WORTH youth