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... Judge not the play before the play be done : Her plot has many changes : every day Speaks a new scene ; the last act crowns the play . SAVANAR . If there be no enemy , no fight ; if no fight , no victory ; if no victory , no crown .
... Judge not the play before the play be done : Her plot has many changes : every day Speaks a new scene ; the last act crowns the play . SAVANAR . If there be no enemy , no fight ; if no fight , no victory ; if no victory , no crown .
Page 487
All the world's bravery that delights our eyes Is but thy several liveries ; Thou the rich dye on them bestow'st ; Thy nimble pencil paints this landscape as thou go'st . A crimson garment in the rose thou wear'st ; A crown of studded ...
All the world's bravery that delights our eyes Is but thy several liveries ; Thou the rich dye on them bestow'st ; Thy nimble pencil paints this landscape as thou go'st . A crimson garment in the rose thou wear'st ; A crown of studded ...
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Michal , of royal blood , the crown did wear , A soil ungrateful to the tiller's care : Not so the rest ; for several mothers bore To godlike David several sons before . But since like slaves his bed they did ascend , No true succession ...
Michal , of royal blood , the crown did wear , A soil ungrateful to the tiller's care : Not so the rest ; for several mothers bore To godlike David several sons before . But since like slaves his bed they did ascend , No true succession ...
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Contents
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND | 1 |
JOHN DONNE | 21 |
BEN JONSON | 76 |
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