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... fire was near , A pretty babe all burning bright did in the air appear ; Who , scorched with excessive heat , such ... fire but I ! My faultless breast the furnace is , the fuel wounding thorns , Love is the fire , and sighs the smoke ...
... fire was near , A pretty babe all burning bright did in the air appear ; Who , scorched with excessive heat , such ... fire but I ! My faultless breast the furnace is , the fuel wounding thorns , Love is the fire , and sighs the smoke ...
Page 386
... fire , tempered with sweet air , Black shade , fair nurse , shadow my white hair . Shine , sun ; burn , fire ; breathe , air , and ease me ; Black shade , fair nurse , shroud me and please me ; Shadow , my sweet nurse , keep me from ...
... fire , tempered with sweet air , Black shade , fair nurse , shadow my white hair . Shine , sun ; burn , fire ; breathe , air , and ease me ; Black shade , fair nurse , shroud me and please me ; Shadow , my sweet nurse , keep me from ...
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... fire ; Better ' twere my book were dead , Than to live not pérfected . Not every day fit for verse ' Tis not ev'ry day that I Fitted am to prophesy ; No , but when the spirit fills The fantastic pannicles Full of fire , then I write As ...
... fire ; Better ' twere my book were dead , Than to live not pérfected . Not every day fit for verse ' Tis not ev'ry day that I Fitted am to prophesy ; No , but when the spirit fills The fantastic pannicles Full of fire , then I write As ...
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