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... flowers , white and red , Singing he was , or fluting all the day , He was as fresh as is the month of May . Short was his gown , with sleeves full long and wide , Well could he sit on horse , and fairly ride . He could songs make , and ...
... flowers , white and red , Singing he was , or fluting all the day , He was as fresh as is the month of May . Short was his gown , with sleeves full long and wide , Well could he sit on horse , and fairly ride . He could songs make , and ...
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... Flowers , That never will in other climate grow , My early visitation , and my last At even , which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud , and gave ye names ! Who now shall rear ye to the sun , or rank Your tribes , and ...
... Flowers , That never will in other climate grow , My early visitation , and my last At even , which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud , and gave ye names ! Who now shall rear ye to the sun , or rank Your tribes , and ...
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... flowers , and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto to have quite set free His half - regained Eurydice . These delights , if thou canst give , Mirth , with thee I mean to live . IL PENSEROSO . Hence vain deluding Joys ...
... flowers , and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto to have quite set free His half - regained Eurydice . These delights , if thou canst give , Mirth , with thee I mean to live . IL PENSEROSO . Hence vain deluding Joys ...
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... flowers , that their gay wardrobe wear , When first the white - thorn blows ; Such , Lycidas , thy loss to shepherd's ear . Where were ye , Nymphs , when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? For neither were ...
... flowers , that their gay wardrobe wear , When first the white - thorn blows ; Such , Lycidas , thy loss to shepherd's ear . Where were ye , Nymphs , when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? For neither were ...
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... flower inscribed with woe . Ah ! who hath reft ( quoth he ) my dearest pledge ? Last came , and last did go , The pilot of the Galilean lake ; Two massy keys he bore of metals twain , ( The golden opes , the iron shuts amain ) He shook ...
... flower inscribed with woe . Ah ! who hath reft ( quoth he ) my dearest pledge ? Last came , and last did go , The pilot of the Galilean lake ; Two massy keys he bore of metals twain , ( The golden opes , the iron shuts amain ) He shook ...
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