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And that the same may seem no feignėd dream , But words of worth , and worthy to be weighed , I have presumed my lord for to present With this poor glass , which is of trusty steel , And came to me by will and testament Of one that was ...
And that the same may seem no feignėd dream , But words of worth , and worthy to be weighed , I have presumed my lord for to present With this poor glass , which is of trusty steel , And came to me by will and testament Of one that was ...
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Her former parts her mother seems resemble , Yet only seems to flesh and weaker sight , For she with art and paint could fine dissemble Her loathsome face ; her back parts , black as night , Like to her horrid sire , would force to ...
Her former parts her mother seems resemble , Yet only seems to flesh and weaker sight , For she with art and paint could fine dissemble Her loathsome face ; her back parts , black as night , Like to her horrid sire , would force to ...
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In this form , the poem seems to have been first printed in the seventh edition of Michael Spark's Crumbs of Comfort , 1628 , in a version of six stanzas , the first stanza of which is the same as that printed by Quarles .
In this form , the poem seems to have been first printed in the seventh edition of Michael Spark's Crumbs of Comfort , 1628 , in a version of six stanzas , the first stanza of which is the same as that printed by Quarles .
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