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Page 58
... flower of goodlihead , Embroidered the mantle Is of your maidenhead . To Mistress Margaret Hussey ERRY Margaret As midsummer flower , Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower : With solace and gladness , Much mirth and no madness , All ...
... flower of goodlihead , Embroidered the mantle Is of your maidenhead . To Mistress Margaret Hussey ERRY Margaret As midsummer flower , Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower : With solace and gladness , Much mirth and no madness , All ...
Page 66
... flowers ' bale . And thus I see among these pleasant things Each care decays , and yet my sorrow springs . 40. Complaint of the Absence of Her Lover O being upon the Sea HAPPY dames ! that may embrace The fruit of your delight , Help to ...
... flowers ' bale . And thus I see among these pleasant things Each care decays , and yet my sorrow springs . 40. Complaint of the Absence of Her Lover O being upon the Sea HAPPY dames ! that may embrace The fruit of your delight , Help to ...
Page 107
... flowers , And all the meades adornd with daintie gemmes Fit to decke maydens bowres , And crowne their Paramours Against the Brydale day , which is not long : Sweete Themmes ! runne softly , till I end my Song , There , in a Meadow , by ...
... flowers , And all the meades adornd with daintie gemmes Fit to decke maydens bowres , And crowne their Paramours Against the Brydale day , which is not long : Sweete Themmes ! runne softly , till I end my Song , There , in a Meadow , by ...
Page 108
... Flowers their fill , Ran all in haste to see that silver brood , As they came floating on the Christal Flood ; Whom when they sawe , they stood amazèd still , Their wondring eyes to fill ; Them seem'd they never saw a sight so fayre ...
... Flowers their fill , Ran all in haste to see that silver brood , As they came floating on the Christal Flood ; Whom when they sawe , they stood amazèd still , Their wondring eyes to fill ; Them seem'd they never saw a sight so fayre ...
Page 109
... Flower and weede The earth did fresh aray ; So fresh they seem'd as day , Even as their Brydale day , which was not ... Flowers , the honour of the field , That to the sense did fragrant odours yield , All which upon those goodly Birds ...
... Flower and weede The earth did fresh aray ; So fresh they seem'd as day , Even as their Brydale day , which was not ... Flowers , the honour of the field , That to the sense did fragrant odours yield , All which upon those goodly Birds ...
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