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Page 37
... sleep in fere . Here may she wash , if any filth were ; Here is seat for all her woe ; Come when she will , she shall have cheer Quia amore langueo . I will abide till she be ready , I will her sue if she say nay ; If she be retchless I ...
... sleep in fere . Here may she wash , if any filth were ; Here is seat for all her woe ; Come when she will , she shall have cheer Quia amore langueo . I will abide till she be ready , I will her sue if she say nay ; If she be retchless I ...
Page 38
... sleep . My babe I would not were in disease , I may not hear my dear child weep . With my pap I shall her keep ; Ne marvel ye not though I tend her to : This wound in my side had ne'er be so deep But Quia amore langueo . crippe ] scrip ...
... sleep . My babe I would not were in disease , I may not hear my dear child weep . With my pap I shall her keep ; Ne marvel ye not though I tend her to : This wound in my side had ne'er be so deep But Quia amore langueo . crippe ] scrip ...
Page 74
... sleep , and so beguile thy mind ! Next lullaby my gazing eyes , Which wonted were to glance apace ; For every glass may now suffice To show the furrows in thy face . With lullaby then wink awhile ; With lullaby your looks beguile ; Let ...
... sleep , and so beguile thy mind ! Next lullaby my gazing eyes , Which wonted were to glance apace ; For every glass may now suffice To show the furrows in thy face . With lullaby then wink awhile ; With lullaby your looks beguile ; Let ...
Page 95
... sleeping Softly , now softly lies Sleeping . Sleep is a reconciling , A rest that peace begets ; Doth not the sun rise smiling When fair at even he sets ? Rest you then , rest , sad eyes ! Melt not in weeping , While she lies sleeping ...
... sleeping Softly , now softly lies Sleeping . Sleep is a reconciling , A rest that peace begets ; Doth not the sun rise smiling When fair at even he sets ? Rest you then , rest , sad eyes ! Melt not in weeping , While she lies sleeping ...
Page 123
... assurance rayne , And tymely Sleep , when it is tyme to sleepe , May poure his limbs forth on your pleasant playne ; The whiles an hundred little wingèd loves , Like divers - fethered doves , Shall fly and flutter 123 EDMUND SPENSER.
... assurance rayne , And tymely Sleep , when it is tyme to sleepe , May poure his limbs forth on your pleasant playne ; The whiles an hundred little wingèd loves , Like divers - fethered doves , Shall fly and flutter 123 EDMUND SPENSER.
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