Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... lives : Behold , the rays glide on , Along the summer plain , Ere thou canst say , " they're gone , " And measure ... live In beauty's tempting show , Shall find his hopes ungive , And melt in reason's thaw ; Who thinks that pleasure ...
... lives : Behold , the rays glide on , Along the summer plain , Ere thou canst say , " they're gone , " And measure ... live In beauty's tempting show , Shall find his hopes ungive , And melt in reason's thaw ; Who thinks that pleasure ...
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... live as lives the knave , Intrigue's deceiving guest , Be tyrant , or be slave , As suits thy ends the best . Or pause amid thy toils , For visions won and lost , And count the fancied spoils , If e'er they quit the cost ; And if they ...
... live as lives the knave , Intrigue's deceiving guest , Be tyrant , or be slave , As suits thy ends the best . Or pause amid thy toils , For visions won and lost , And count the fancied spoils , If e'er they quit the cost ; And if they ...
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... live and reign ! Fain would I stay if thou my life will spare ; I have a daughter beautiful and fair , I'd live to see her wed whom I adore : Grant me but this and I will ask no more . DEATH . This is a slender frivolous excuse ; you ...
... live and reign ! Fain would I stay if thou my life will spare ; I have a daughter beautiful and fair , I'd live to see her wed whom I adore : Grant me but this and I will ask no more . DEATH . This is a slender frivolous excuse ; you ...
Contents
King James I and the Tinkler | 12 |
The Keach i the Creel | 13 |
The Merry Broomfield or the Westcountry Wager | 14 |
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