Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
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What meaneth nature by these diverse laws ? Passion and reason self - division cause . It is the mark or majesty of power To make offences that it may forgive . Nature herself doth her own self deflower , To hate those errors she ...
What meaneth nature by these diverse laws ? Passion and reason self - division cause . It is the mark or majesty of power To make offences that it may forgive . Nature herself doth her own self deflower , To hate those errors she ...
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FROM Harleian Ms. 6917 [ Nature , that washed her hands ] Nature , that washed her hands in milk , And had forgot to dry them , Instead of earth took snow and silk , At love's request to try them , If she a mistress could compose 20 10 ...
FROM Harleian Ms. 6917 [ Nature , that washed her hands ] Nature , that washed her hands in milk , And had forgot to dry them , Instead of earth took snow and silk , At love's request to try them , If she a mistress could compose 20 10 ...
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Nature herself was proud of his designs , And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines Which were so richly spun , and woven so fit , As since , she will vouchsafe no other wit ; The merry Greek , tart Aristophanes , Neat Terence , witty ...
Nature herself was proud of his designs , And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines Which were so richly spun , and woven so fit , As since , she will vouchsafe no other wit ; The merry Greek , tart Aristophanes , Neat Terence , witty ...
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