Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
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... seek how best that I may please , My lost labor , alas , is all in vain . My heart once set , I cannot it refrain ; No place from me my grief away can take , Wherefore with tears , my bed , I thee forsake . The lover showeth how he is ...
... seek how best that I may please , My lost labor , alas , is all in vain . My heart once set , I cannot it refrain ; No place from me my grief away can take , Wherefore with tears , my bed , I thee forsake . The lover showeth how he is ...
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... seek the best 70 And find the worst , by error as they stray . And no marvel , when sight is so oppressed , And blinds the guide ; anon out of the way Goeth guide and all in seeking quiet life . O wretched minds , there is no gold that ...
... seek the best 70 And find the worst , by error as they stray . And no marvel , when sight is so oppressed , And blinds the guide ; anon out of the way Goeth guide and all in seeking quiet life . O wretched minds , there is no gold that ...
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... seek some otherwhere , Impórtune me no more ! How many weeping eyes I made to pine with woe , How many sighing hearts , I have no skill to show ; Yet I the prouder grew , and answered them therefore , Go , go , go , seek some otherwhere ...
... seek some otherwhere , Impórtune me no more ! How many weeping eyes I made to pine with woe , How many sighing hearts , I have no skill to show ; Yet I the prouder grew , and answered them therefore , Go , go , go , seek some otherwhere ...
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JOHN SKELTON | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD Earl of SURREY | 27 |
MINOR COURTLY MAKERS OF HENRY VIIIS REIGN | 41 |
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