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... Fair destinies , all three ! Who told me they had drawn a thread Of life , and ' twas for me . They shew'd me then how fine ' twas spun ; And I reply'd thereto : I care not now how soon ' tis done , Or cut , if cut by you . XIX . TO ...
... Fair destinies , all three ! Who told me they had drawn a thread Of life , and ' twas for me . They shew'd me then how fine ' twas spun ; And I reply'd thereto : I care not now how soon ' tis done , Or cut , if cut by you . XIX . TO ...
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... fair ones ; come , and buy ! If so be you ask me , where They do grow ? I answer , there , Where my Julia's lips do smile ; There's the land , or cherry isle ; Whose plantations fully show , All the year , where cherries grow . XXII ...
... fair ones ; come , and buy ! If so be you ask me , where They do grow ? I answer , there , Where my Julia's lips do smile ; There's the land , or cherry isle ; Whose plantations fully show , All the year , where cherries grow . XXII ...
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... fair ; A wise man ev'ry way lies square ; And , like a surly oak with storms perplext , Grows still the stronger , strongly vext : Be so , bold spirit ! stand center - like unmov'd ; And be not only thought , but prov'd To be what I ...
... fair ; A wise man ev'ry way lies square ; And , like a surly oak with storms perplext , Grows still the stronger , strongly vext : Be so , bold spirit ! stand center - like unmov'd ; And be not only thought , but prov'd To be what I ...
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... A narrow compass ; and yet there Dwelt all that's good , and all that's fair : Give me but what this riband bound , Take all the rest the sun goes round ! WALLER . Shall I search the under ground , Where all damps 24.
... A narrow compass ; and yet there Dwelt all that's good , and all that's fair : Give me but what this riband bound , Take all the rest the sun goes round ! WALLER . Shall I search the under ground , Where all damps 24.
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... fair maid , thou art Insensible of all my smart , And of those evil days that be Now posting on to punish thee . The gods are easy , and condemn All such as are not soft like them . XLIV . THE EYE . MAKE me a heav'n , and make me there ...
... fair maid , thou art Insensible of all my smart , And of those evil days that be Now posting on to punish thee . The gods are easy , and condemn All such as are not soft like them . XLIV . THE EYE . MAKE me a heav'n , and make me there ...
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Page 134 - TO BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile, To blush and gently smile, And go at last.
Page 95 - You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attain'd his noon. Stay, stay Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having pray'd together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing.
Page 44 - Besides, the childhood of the day has kept, Against you come, some orient pearls unwept. Come and receive them while the light Hangs on the dew-locks of the night, And Titan on the eastern hill Retires himself, or else stands still Till you come forth. Wash, dress, be brief in praying : Few beads are best when once we go a Maying.
Page 15 - Ribbons to flow confusedly: A winning wave, deserving note, In the tempestuous petticoat: A careless shoe-string, in whose tie I see a wild civility: Do more bewitch me than when art Is too precise in every part.
Page 45 - And some have wept, and woo'd, and plighted troth, And chose their priest, ere we can cast off sloth : Many a green-gown has been given ; Many a kiss, both odd and even : Many a glance, too, has been sent From out the eye, love's firmament : Many a jest told of the keys betraying This night, and locks pick'd : — yet we're not a Maying.
Page 81 - E'en death to die for thee. Thou art my life, my love, my heart, The very eyes of me: And hast command of every part, To live and die for thee.
Page 73 - About the cart hear how the rout Of rural younglings raise the shout, Pressing before, some coming after, Those with a shout, and these with laughter. Some bless the cart, some kiss the sheaves, Some prank them up with oaken leaves...
Page 170 - There at the plough thou find'st thy team, With a hind whistling there to them : And cheer'st them up, by singing how The kingdom's portion is the plough. This done, then to th...
Page 44 - Come, we'll abroad; and let's obey The proclamation made for May: And sin no more, as we have done, by staying; But, my Corinna, come, let's go a-Maying.
Page 45 - Some have despatch'd their cakes and cream, Before that we have left to dream : And some have wept, and woo'd, and plighted troth, And chose their priest, ere we can cast off sloth...