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... ourselves we ease ; And then we say , when we their fancy try , To play with fools , oh , what a fool was I ! From Breton's Bower of Delights , 1591 Of the birth and bringing up of Desire When wert thou born , Desire ?
... ourselves we ease ; And then we say , when we their fancy try , To play with fools , oh , what a fool was I ! From Breton's Bower of Delights , 1591 Of the birth and bringing up of Desire When wert thou born , Desire ?
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As in field this shepherd lay , At this saw , back I start , Tuning of his oaten pipe , Beat desire from my heart ... Old I was when thus I fed Blithe and wanton was I then , Such fond toys as cloyed my head ; Such desires follow men .
As in field this shepherd lay , At this saw , back I start , Tuning of his oaten pipe , Beat desire from my heart ... Old I was when thus I fed Blithe and wanton was I then , Such fond toys as cloyed my head ; Such desires follow men .
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Yet she comes not ; oh , how I tire Betwixt cold fear and hot desire ! Here alone enforced to tarry , While the tedious minutes marry And get hours ; those , days and years , Which I count with sighs and fears .
Yet she comes not ; oh , how I tire Betwixt cold fear and hot desire ! Here alone enforced to tarry , While the tedious minutes marry And get hours ; those , days and years , Which I count with sighs and fears .
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JOHN DAVIES OF HEREFORD 534 | 534 |
THOMAS HEYWOOD | 541 |
SIR JOHN BEAUMONT | 547 |
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| Title | Poetry of the English Renaissance 1509-1660: Selected from Early Editions and Manuscripts |
| Editors | John William Hebel, Hoyt Hopewell Hudson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | F.S. Crofts, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 1068 pages |
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