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Page 243
... flowers ( my fruits are only flowers ) Dismantling all the fragrant towers That once adorned my shepherdess's head . And now when I have summed up all my store , Thinking ( so I myself deceive ) So rich a chaplet thence to weave As ...
... flowers ( my fruits are only flowers ) Dismantling all the fragrant towers That once adorned my shepherdess's head . And now when I have summed up all my store , Thinking ( so I myself deceive ) So rich a chaplet thence to weave As ...
Page 305
... Flowers of the Forest I've heard them lilting , at the ewe milking , Lasses a ' lilting , before dawn of day ; But now they are moaning , on ilka green loaning ; The flowers of the forest are a ' wede1 away . At bughts , in the morning ...
... Flowers of the Forest I've heard them lilting , at the ewe milking , Lasses a ' lilting , before dawn of day ; But now they are moaning , on ilka green loaning ; The flowers of the forest are a ' wede1 away . At bughts , in the morning ...
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... flowers to the sea ; For the foam - flowers endure when the rose - blossoms wither , And men that love lightly may die - but we ? " And the same wind sang and the same waves whitened , And or ever the garden's last petals were shed , In ...
... flowers to the sea ; For the foam - flowers endure when the rose - blossoms wither , And men that love lightly may die - but we ? " And the same wind sang and the same waves whitened , And or ever the garden's last petals were shed , In ...
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