Poetry of the English Renaissance 1509-1660: Selected from Early Editions and Manuscripts |
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... the guiltless slain , and lovers dead , That slew themselves when nothing else availed ; A thousand sorts of sorrows here , that wailed With sighs and tears , sobs , shrieks , and all yfear , That oh , alas , it was a hell to hear .
... the guiltless slain , and lovers dead , That slew themselves when nothing else availed ; A thousand sorts of sorrows here , that wailed With sighs and tears , sobs , shrieks , and all yfear , That oh , alas , it was a hell to hear .
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Words I spent , Sighs I sent , Sighs and words could never draw her . ... As she sang , I did sigh , And by sighs whilst that I tried her , O mine eyes , You did lose Her first sight , whose want did pain you .
Words I spent , Sighs I sent , Sighs and words could never draw her . ... As she sang , I did sigh , And by sighs whilst that I tried her , O mine eyes , You did lose Her first sight , whose want did pain you .
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That neither tears , nor sighs , nor streaming blood Can unto mercy move her cruel mood . 10 When I more large thy praises forth shall show , That all the world thy beauty shall admire , Desiring that most sacred nymph to know Which ...
That neither tears , nor sighs , nor streaming blood Can unto mercy move her cruel mood . 10 When I more large thy praises forth shall show , That all the world thy beauty shall admire , Desiring that most sacred nymph to know Which ...
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JOHN DAVIES OF HEREFORD 534 | 534 |
THOMAS HEYWOOD | 541 |
SIR JOHN BEAUMONT | 547 |
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