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... looks beguile ; Let no fair face , nor beauty bright , Entice you eft with vain delight . And lullaby my wanton will ; Let reason's rule now rein thy thought ; Since all too late I find by skill How dear I have thy fancies bought ; With ...
... looks beguile ; Let no fair face , nor beauty bright , Entice you eft with vain delight . And lullaby my wanton will ; Let reason's rule now rein thy thought ; Since all too late I find by skill How dear I have thy fancies bought ; With ...
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... look , and I am gone ; Look on me , for I am he , Thy poor silly Corydon . Thou that art the shepherd's queen , Look upon thy silly swain ; By thy comfort have been seen Dead men brought to life again . VIII . CORYDON'S SUPPLICATION TO ...
... look , and I am gone ; Look on me , for I am he , Thy poor silly Corydon . Thou that art the shepherd's queen , Look upon thy silly swain ; By thy comfort have been seen Dead men brought to life again . VIII . CORYDON'S SUPPLICATION TO ...
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... look on thee ; Yet let me know thou dost not scorn To cast a look on me . But if thy beauty make thee proud , Think then what is ordain'd ; The heavens have never yet allow'd That Love should be disdain'd . Then lest the fates that ...
... look on thee ; Yet let me know thou dost not scorn To cast a look on me . But if thy beauty make thee proud , Think then what is ordain'd ; The heavens have never yet allow'd That Love should be disdain'd . Then lest the fates that ...
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... looks did pass Where shepherds did assemble ; And where the life of true love was , When hearts could not dissemble . Then yea and nay was thought an oath That was not to be doubted ; And when it came to faith and troth We were not to ...
... looks did pass Where shepherds did assemble ; And where the life of true love was , When hearts could not dissemble . Then yea and nay was thought an oath That was not to be doubted ; And when it came to faith and troth We were not to ...
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... Look what I lack my mind supplies : Lo thus I triumph like a king , Content with that my mind doth bring . Some have too much , yet still do crave ; I little have , and seek no more . They are but poor though much they have , And I am ...
... Look what I lack my mind supplies : Lo thus I triumph like a king , Content with that my mind doth bring . Some have too much , yet still do crave ; I little have , and seek no more . They are but poor though much they have , And I am ...
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adieu Love alley Anthony Wood beauty BEN JONSON best fits birds blest breast breath bright brow CHARLES LAMB charm cold County Guy Cynthia's Revels darling dead dear death deep doth earth England's Helicon eyes fair fear fire fits a little flame flowers glory gone grave grove hath heart heaven holly tree Honour leaves light live look love anew love true Love's lover lullaby maid MATTHEW PRIOR Melicertus morning ne'er never Nice Valour night nonny numbers o'er old familiar faces Phillada flouts poem praise roses Sally save the Queen shine sigh sing Sir Walter Scott sleep smiles SONG sorrow soul spring stars sweet tears tell thee thine Thomas Dekker THOMAS PARnell thou art Thou hast Thou lovest amiss Thou must begin thought toil tomb unto untrue Love verse waves weep William Haughton wings WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED youth
Popular passages
Page 60 - Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid ; Fly away, fly away, breath ; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it ! My part of death, no one so true Did share it.
Page 72 - A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER. w ILT Thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before ? Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run And do run still, though still I do deplore ? When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done ; For I have more.
Page 200 - SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.
Page 75 - QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright! Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose: Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess, excellently bright!
Page 32 - Love in my bosom like a bee, Doth suck his sweet; Now with his wings he plays with me, Now with his feet. Within mine eyes he makes his nest, His bed amidst my tender breast, My kisses are his daily feast; And yet he robs me of my rest: Ah, wanton, will ye?
Page 220 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! For the deck it was their field of fame, And ocean was their grave : Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 146 - Going to the Wars Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. 1 Imprisoned or caged. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
Page 236 - And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!
Page 55 - Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby ; Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby : Never harm, Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh ; So, good night, with lullaby.
Page 201 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.