Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
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The spring Though you be absent here , I needs must say The trees as beauteous are , and 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 ...
The spring Though you be absent here , I needs must say The trees as beauteous are , and 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 ...
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10 C. I have a grassy scutcheon spied , Where Flora blazons all her pride ; The grass I aim to feast thy sheep , The flowers I for thy temples keep . D. Grass withers and the flowers too fade . C. Seize the short joys then , ere they ...
10 C. I have a grassy scutcheon spied , Where Flora blazons all her pride ; The grass I aim to feast thy sheep , The flowers I for thy temples keep . D. Grass withers and the flowers too fade . C. Seize the short joys then , ere they ...
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120 The picture of little T. C. in a prospect of 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 ...
120 The picture of little T. C. in a prospect of 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 ...
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HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY | 27 |
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