Works, Volume 1Houghton-Miflin, 1882 |
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Page 73
... mirth . But be this your merriest hour , my hearts ! Lo , here stand the Lord and Lady of the May , whom I , a clerk of Oxford , and high priest of Merry Mount , am presently to join in holy matrimony . Up with your nimble spirits , ye ...
... mirth . But be this your merriest hour , my hearts ! Lo , here stand the Lord and Lady of the May , whom I , a clerk of Oxford , and high priest of Merry Mount , am presently to join in holy matrimony . Up with your nimble spirits , ye ...
Page 76
... mirth , old and young were gay at Merry Mount . The young deemed themselves happy . The elder spirits , if they knew that mirth was but the counterfeit of happiness , yet followed the false shadow wilfully , because at least her ...
... mirth , old and young were gay at Merry Mount . The young deemed themselves happy . The elder spirits , if they knew that mirth was but the counterfeit of happiness , yet followed the false shadow wilfully , because at least her ...
Page 77
... mirth , but to hear sermons three hours long , or to proclaim bounties on the heads of wolves and the scalps of Indians . Their festivals were fast days , and their chief pastime the singing of psalms . Woe to the youth or maiden who ...
... mirth , but to hear sermons three hours long , or to proclaim bounties on the heads of wolves and the scalps of Indians . Their festivals were fast days , and their chief pastime the singing of psalms . Woe to the youth or maiden who ...
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