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... ourselves we ease ; And then we say , when we their fancy try , To play with fools , oh , what a fool was I ! From Breton's Bower of Delights , 1591 Of the birth and bringing up of Desire When wert thou born , Desire ?
... ourselves we ease ; And then we say , when we their fancy try , To play with fools , oh , what a fool was I ! From Breton's Bower of Delights , 1591 Of the birth and bringing up of Desire When wert thou born , Desire ?
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As in field this shepherd lay , At this saw , back I start , Tuning of his oaten pipe , Beat desire from my heart , Which he ... Old I was when thus I fled Blithe and wanton was I then , - Such fond toys as cloyed my head ; Such desires ...
As in field this shepherd lay , At this saw , back I start , Tuning of his oaten pipe , Beat desire from my heart , Which he ... Old I was when thus I fled Blithe and wanton was I then , - Such fond toys as cloyed my head ; Such desires ...
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Yet she comes not ; oh , how I tire Betwixt cold fear and hot desire ! Here alone enforced to tarry , While the tedious minutes marry And get hours ; those , days and years , Which I count with sighs and fears .
Yet she comes not ; oh , how I tire Betwixt cold fear and hot desire ! Here alone enforced to tarry , While the tedious minutes marry And get hours ; those , days and years , Which I count with sighs and fears .
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SIR THOMAS MORE | 9 |
GEORCE GASCOIGNE | 99 |
SIR Philip SIDNEY | 105 |
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