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House - doves are white , and oozels blacke - birds bee , Yet what a difference in
the taste we see ? Compare the cow and calfe with ewe and lambe , Rough
hayrie hydes with softest downy fell ; Hecfar and bull with weather and with
ramme ...
House - doves are white , and oozels blacke - birds bee , Yet what a difference in
the taste we see ? Compare the cow and calfe with ewe and lambe , Rough
hayrie hydes with softest downy fell ; Hecfar and bull with weather and with
ramme ...
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And last of all , in blacke there doth appeare Such qualities as not in yvorie ;
Black cannot blush for shame , looke pale for feare , Scorning to weare another
livorie . Blacke is the badge of sober modestie , The wonted weare of ancient
gravetie ...
And last of all , in blacke there doth appeare Such qualities as not in yvorie ;
Black cannot blush for shame , looke pale for feare , Scorning to weare another
livorie . Blacke is the badge of sober modestie , The wonted weare of ancient
gravetie ...
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White is the colour of each paltry miller , White is the ensigne of each common
woman ; White is white vertues for blacke vyces piller , White makes proud fooles
inferiour unto no man : White is the white of body , blacke of minde , Vertue we ...
White is the colour of each paltry miller , White is the ensigne of each common
woman ; White is white vertues for blacke vyces piller , White makes proud fooles
inferiour unto no man : White is the white of body , blacke of minde , Vertue we ...
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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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