Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... rest content in servile state . I'll from each folly strive to fly , Each virtue to attain I'll try , And live as I would wish to die . IV . The Midnight Messenger : OR A SUDDEN CALL FROM AN EARTHLY GLORY TO THE COLD GRAVE . In a ...
... rest content in servile state . I'll from each folly strive to fly , Each virtue to attain I'll try , And live as I would wish to die . IV . The Midnight Messenger : OR A SUDDEN CALL FROM AN EARTHLY GLORY TO THE COLD GRAVE . In a ...
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... will ourselves apply To true industry , And leave the rest To Providence divine ; Henceforth I'll not repine , I hope that me and mine Shall still be blest . Thus , by the good wife's care , The husband D 2 BALLADS , AND SONGS . 35.
... will ourselves apply To true industry , And leave the rest To Providence divine ; Henceforth I'll not repine , I hope that me and mine Shall still be blest . Thus , by the good wife's care , The husband D 2 BALLADS , AND SONGS . 35.
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... rest ; Joy shall reign in every breast , And right welcome is each guest : After harvest merrily , Merrily , merrily , will we sing now , After the harvest that heaps up the mow . Now the plowman he shall plow , And shall whistle as he ...
... rest ; Joy shall reign in every breast , And right welcome is each guest : After harvest merrily , Merrily , merrily , will we sing now , After the harvest that heaps up the mow . Now the plowman he shall plow , And shall whistle as he ...
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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