Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660John William Hebel, Hoyt Hopewell Hudson |
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... flowers as gay As ever they were wont to be ; Nay , the birds ' rural music too Is as melodious and free As if they sung to pleasure you ; I saw a rosebud ope this morn- -I'll swear The blushing morning opened not more fair . How could ...
... flowers as gay As ever they were wont to be ; Nay , the birds ' rural music too Is as melodious and free As if they sung to pleasure you ; I saw a rosebud ope this morn- -I'll swear The blushing morning opened not more fair . How could ...
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... flowers ( my fruits are only flowers ) , Dismantling all the fragrant towers That once adorned my shepherdess's head . And now when I have summed up all my store , Thinking , so . I myself deceive , So rich a chaplet thence to weave As ...
... flowers ( my fruits are only flowers ) , Dismantling all the fragrant towers That once adorned my shepherdess's head . And now when I have summed up all my store , Thinking , so . I myself deceive , So rich a chaplet thence to weave As ...
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... flowers See with what simplicity This nymph begins her golden days ! In the green grass she loves to lie , And there with her fair aspect tames The wilder flowers , and gives them names ; But only with the roses plays , And them does ...
... flowers See with what simplicity This nymph begins her golden days ! In the green grass she loves to lie , And there with her fair aspect tames The wilder flowers , and gives them names ; But only with the roses plays , And them does ...
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JOHN SKELTON | 3 |
SIR THOMAS MORE | 9 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY | 27 |
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