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A proper Song , entitled : Fain would I have a pretty Thing to give unto my Lady FAIN would I have a pretty thing To give unto my lady : I name no thing , nor mean no thing , But as pretty a thing as may be .
A proper Song , entitled : Fain would I have a pretty Thing to give unto my Lady FAIN would I have a pretty thing To give unto my lady : I name no thing , nor mean no thing , But as pretty a thing as may be .
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What thing is love ? WHAT thing is love ? for , well I wot , love is a thing . It is a prick , it is a sting , It is a pretty , pretty thing ; It is a fire , it is a coal , Whose flame creeps in at ev'ry hole ; And as my wit doth best ...
What thing is love ? WHAT thing is love ? for , well I wot , love is a thing . It is a prick , it is a sting , It is a pretty , pretty thing ; It is a fire , it is a coal , Whose flame creeps in at ev'ry hole ; And as my wit doth best ...
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What house more stately hath there been , Or can be , then is man to whose creation All things are in decay ? For man is ev'ry thing , IO And more : he is a tree , yet bears mo fruit ; A beast ...
What house more stately hath there been , Or can be , then is man to whose creation All things are in decay ? For man is ev'ry thing , IO And more : he is a tree , yet bears mo fruit ; A beast ...
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Contents
Medieval Lyrics | 1 |
The Franklins Tale | 16 |
The wordes of the Host to the Phisicien | 28 |
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arms beauty breath bright bring clouds cold dark dead dear death deep delight doth dream earth eyes face fair fall fear feel fields fire flowers give grace green hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven hill hope hour kind King lady land leave less light live look Lord lost meet mind morning move Nature never night o'er once pain pass poem pride published rest rise rose round seemed seen side sight sing sleep song soon soul sound spirit spring stand stars stood sweet tears tell thee thine things thou thought till true turn voice wild wind woods Written youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | An Oxford Anthology of English Poetry |
| Editors | Howard Foster Lowry, Willard Thorp |
| Contributor | Margaret Farrand Thorp |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1947 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 1232 pages |
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