Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
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Me list not to report Blame by honor , and honor to desire . But how may I this honor now attain , That cannot dye the color black a liar ? My Poins , I cannot frame my tune to feign , To cloak the truth , for praise without desert ...
Me list not to report Blame by honor , and honor to desire . But how may I this honor now attain , That cannot dye the color black a liar ? My Poins , I cannot frame my tune to feign , To cloak the truth , for praise without desert ...
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Let not the quick'ning seed be overthrown , Of that which may be born to honor thee ; Whereof the travail I may challenge mine , But yet the glory , madam , must be thine . FROM The Whole Works , 1623 To Delia Fair is my love ...
Let not the quick'ning seed be overthrown , Of that which may be born to honor thee ; Whereof the travail I may challenge mine , But yet the glory , madam , must be thine . FROM The Whole Works , 1623 To Delia Fair is my love ...
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Such one was I , my beauty was mine own , No borrowed blush which bankrupt beauties seek ; That new - found shame , a sin to us unknown , Th ' adulterate beauty of a falsėd cheek , Vile stain to honor and to women eke , Seeing that time ...
Such one was I , my beauty was mine own , No borrowed blush which bankrupt beauties seek ; That new - found shame , a sin to us unknown , Th ' adulterate beauty of a falsėd cheek , Vile stain to honor and to women eke , Seeing that time ...
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