Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660John William Hebel, Hoyt Hopewell Hudson |
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... seek how best that I may please , My lost labor , alas , is all in vain . My heart once set , I cannot it refrain ; No place from me my grief away can take , Wherefore with tears , my bed , I thee forsake . The lover showeth how he is ...
... seek how best that I may please , My lost labor , alas , is all in vain . My heart once set , I cannot it refrain ; No place from me my grief away can take , Wherefore with tears , my bed , I thee forsake . The lover showeth how he is ...
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... seek the best And find the worst , by error as they stray . And no marvel , when sight is so oppressed , And blinds the guide ; anon out of the way Goeth guide and all in seeking quiet life . O wretched minds , there is no gold that may ...
... seek the best And find the worst , by error as they stray . And no marvel , when sight is so oppressed , And blinds the guide ; anon out of the way Goeth guide and all in seeking quiet life . O wretched minds , there is no gold that may ...
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... seek fame , Who seek , who hope , who love , who live but thee ; Thine eyes my pride , thy lips mine history ; If thou praise not , all other praise is shame . Nor so ambitious am I as to frame A nest for my young praise in laurel tree ...
... seek fame , Who seek , who hope , who love , who live but thee ; Thine eyes my pride , thy lips mine history ; If thou praise not , all other praise is shame . Nor so ambitious am I as to frame A nest for my young praise in laurel tree ...
Contents
JOHN SKELTON | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY | 27 |
MINOR COURTLY MAKERS OF HENRY VIIIS REIGN | 41 |
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