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... fair , and good as she , Time shall throw a dart at thee ! SONG OF HESPERUS . ( From " Cynthia's Revels . " ) QUEEN and huntress , chaste and fair , Now the sun is laid to sleep , Seated in thy silver chair , State in wonted manner keep ...
... fair , and good as she , Time shall throw a dart at thee ! SONG OF HESPERUS . ( From " Cynthia's Revels . " ) QUEEN and huntress , chaste and fair , Now the sun is laid to sleep , Seated in thy silver chair , State in wonted manner keep ...
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... FAIR ROSAMOND . the THE little flow'rs dropping their honey'd dew , Which ( as thou writ'st ) do weep upon thy shoe , Not for thy fault ( sweet Rosamond ) do moan , Only lament that thou so soon art gone : For if thy foot touch hemlock ...
... FAIR ROSAMOND . the THE little flow'rs dropping their honey'd dew , Which ( as thou writ'st ) do weep upon thy shoe , Not for thy fault ( sweet Rosamond ) do moan , Only lament that thou so soon art gone : For if thy foot touch hemlock ...
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... fair , Be not in thee so epitomiz'd ,. That nought material's not compris'd , May I as worthless seem to thee , As all but thou appear to me . THE WISH . ward go , See us and clouds below . LOVE IN HER SUNNY EYES . LOVE in her sunny ...
... fair , Be not in thee so epitomiz'd ,. That nought material's not compris'd , May I as worthless seem to thee , As all but thou appear to me . THE WISH . ward go , See us and clouds below . LOVE IN HER SUNNY EYES . LOVE in her sunny ...
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... fair head her fillet she undight , And laid her stole aside : her angel's face , As the great eye of Heaven , shined bright , And made a sunshine in the shady place ; Did never mortal eye behold such hea- venly grace . It fortunéd , out ...
... fair head her fillet she undight , And laid her stole aside : her angel's face , As the great eye of Heaven , shined bright , And made a sunshine in the shady place ; Did never mortal eye behold such hea- venly grace . It fortunéd , out ...
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... fair a flower ? Untimely cropt , before it well were grown , And clean defaced in untimely hour ; Great loss to all that ever him did see , Great loss to all , but greatest loss to me . " Break now your girlonds , O ye shep- herds ...
... fair a flower ? Untimely cropt , before it well were grown , And clean defaced in untimely hour ; Great loss to all that ever him did see , Great loss to all , but greatest loss to me . " Break now your girlonds , O ye shep- herds ...
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