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... sigh . nys ] is not . al so hit soth ] sooth . bote ] but , ner nere ] as though it had never been . except . thah ] though . faleweth ] fadeth . albydene ] altogether . y not whider ] I know not whither . her duelle ] here dwell . 6 ...
... sigh . nys ] is not . al so hit soth ] sooth . bote ] but , ner nere ] as though it had never been . except . thah ] though . faleweth ] fadeth . albydene ] altogether . y not whider ] I know not whither . her duelle ] here dwell . 6 ...
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... sigh . in hir intent ] in her inward thought . brayd ] strode . bent ] coarse grass . schent ] destroyed . alis ] ails . be that ] by the time that . till ] to . tuke keip ] paid attention . ' Abyd , abyd , thow fair Makyne , A 18 ...
... sigh . in hir intent ] in her inward thought . brayd ] strode . bent ] coarse grass . schent ] destroyed . alis ] ails . be that ] by the time that . till ] to . tuke keip ] paid attention . ' Abyd , abyd , thow fair Makyne , A 18 ...
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... sigh clout , as you may see : It will neither hold out wind nor rain ; And I'll have a new cloak about me . She . It is four and forty years ago Sine the one of us the other did ken ; And we have had , betwixt us two , Of children ...
... sigh clout , as you may see : It will neither hold out wind nor rain ; And I'll have a new cloak about me . She . It is four and forty years ago Sine the one of us the other did ken ; And we have had , betwixt us two , Of children ...
Page 64
... sigh , or moan ? No , no , my lute ! for I have done . The rocks do not so cruelly Repulse the waves continually , As she my suit and affection ; So that I am past remedy : Whereby my lute and I have done . Proud of the spoil that thou ...
... sigh , or moan ? No , no , my lute ! for I have done . The rocks do not so cruelly Repulse the waves continually , As she my suit and affection ; So that I am past remedy : Whereby my lute and I have done . Proud of the spoil that thou ...
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... sigh and swoon : Then shalt thou know beauty but lent , And wish and want as I have done . Now cease , my lute ! this is the last Labour that thou and I shall waste , And ended is that we begun : Now is this song both sung and past— My ...
... sigh and swoon : Then shalt thou know beauty but lent , And wish and want as I have done . Now cease , my lute ! this is the last Labour that thou and I shall waste , And ended is that we begun : Now is this song both sung and past— My ...
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