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... thou , Lucresse of Rome toun , And Polixene , that boghten love so dere , And Cleopatre , with al thy passioun , Hyde ye your trouthe of love and your renoun ; And thou , Tisbe , that hast of love swich peyne ; My lady cometh , that al ...
... thou , Lucresse of Rome toun , And Polixene , that boghten love so dere , And Cleopatre , with al thy passioun , Hyde ye your trouthe of love and your renoun ; And thou , Tisbe , that hast of love swich peyne ; My lady cometh , that al ...
Page 64
... thou hast got Of simple hearts thorough Love's shot , By whom , unkind , thou hast them won ; Think not he hath his bow forgot , Although my lute and I have done . Vengeance shall fall on thy disdain , That makest but game of earnest ...
... thou hast got Of simple hearts thorough Love's shot , By whom , unkind , thou hast them won ; Think not he hath his bow forgot , Although my lute and I have done . Vengeance shall fall on thy disdain , That makest but game of earnest ...
Page 69
... thou hast brought forth , so steadfast and so sage . Among the Muses Nine a tenth if Jove would make , And to the Graces Three a fourth , her would Apollo take . Let some for honour hunt , and hoard the massy gold : With her so I may ...
... thou hast brought forth , so steadfast and so sage . Among the Muses Nine a tenth if Jove would make , And to the Graces Three a fourth , her would Apollo take . Let some for honour hunt , and hoard the massy gold : With her so I may ...
Page 99
... thou and I shall sever : Keep , therefore , a true woman's eye , And love me still but know not why- So hast thou the same reason still To doat upon me ever ! The Wakening John Attye's First Book of Airs , 1622 N a time the amorous ...
... thou and I shall sever : Keep , therefore , a true woman's eye , And love me still but know not why- So hast thou the same reason still To doat upon me ever ! The Wakening John Attye's First Book of Airs , 1622 N a time the amorous ...
Page 121
... Hast thee , O fayrest Planet , to thy home , Within the Westerne fome : Thy tyrèd steedes long since have need of ... thou lookest from above , And seemst to laugh atweene thy twinkling light , As joying in the sight Of these glad many ...
... Hast thee , O fayrest Planet , to thy home , Within the Westerne fome : Thy tyrèd steedes long since have need of ... thou lookest from above , And seemst to laugh atweene thy twinkling light , As joying in the sight Of these glad many ...
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