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... the guiltless slain , and lovers dead , That slew themselves when nothing else availed ; A thousand sorts of sorrows here , that wailed With sighs and tears , sobs , shrieks , and all yfear , That oh , alas , it was a hell to hear .
... the guiltless slain , and lovers dead , That slew themselves when nothing else availed ; A thousand sorts of sorrows here , that wailed With sighs and tears , sobs , shrieks , and all yfear , That oh , alas , it was a hell to hear .
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Words I spent , Sighs I sent , Sighs and words could never draw her . ... As she sang , I did sigh , And by sighs whilst that I tried her , O mine eyes , You did lose Her first sight , whose want did pain you . Phoebe's flocks White as ...
Words I spent , Sighs I sent , Sighs and words could never draw her . ... As she sang , I did sigh , And by sighs whilst that I tried her , O mine eyes , You did lose Her first sight , whose want did pain you . Phoebe's flocks White as ...
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Whole showers of tears to Chloris I will pour As true oblations of my sincere love ; If that will not suffice , most fairest flower , Then shall my sighs thee unto pity move . If neither tears nor sighs can aught prevail , My streaming ...
Whole showers of tears to Chloris I will pour As true oblations of my sincere love ; If that will not suffice , most fairest flower , Then shall my sighs thee unto pity move . If neither tears nor sighs can aught prevail , My streaming ...
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| Title | Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
| Editors | John William Hebel, Hoyt Hopewell Hudson |
| Publisher | F.S. Crofts & Company, 1936 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2020 |
| Length | 1068 pages |
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