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Fayre lovely ladie , whose angelique eyes Are vestall candles of sweet beauties
treasure , Whose speech is able to ... joy to paine , and paine to pleasure ; Accept
this simple toy of my soules dutie , Which I present unto thy matchles beautie .
Fayre lovely ladie , whose angelique eyes Are vestall candles of sweet beauties
treasure , Whose speech is able to ... joy to paine , and paine to pleasure ; Accept
this simple toy of my soules dutie , Which I present unto thy matchles beautie .
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But if thou wilt not pittie my complaint , My teares , nor vowes , nor oathes , made
to thy beautie : What shall I doo but languish , die , or faint , Since thou dost
scorne my teares , and my soules duetie : And teares contemned , vowes and
oaths ...
But if thou wilt not pittie my complaint , My teares , nor vowes , nor oathes , made
to thy beautie : What shall I doo but languish , die , or faint , Since thou dost
scorne my teares , and my soules duetie : And teares contemned , vowes and
oaths ...
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Although thy skin be white , thy haire is browne : Oh , let not then thy haire thy
beautie hide ! Cut off thy locke , and sell it for gold wier : The purest gold is tryde
in hottest fier . Faire long - haire - wearing Absolon was kild , Because he wore it
in ...
Although thy skin be white , thy haire is browne : Oh , let not then thy haire thy
beautie hide ! Cut off thy locke , and sell it for gold wier : The purest gold is tryde
in hottest fier . Faire long - haire - wearing Absolon was kild , Because he wore it
in ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 20 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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