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... tears still furnishihg his table , With what might make the miserable blest ; But this ungrateful , for my good desert . Entic'd my thoughts against me to con- spire , Who gave consent to steal away my heart , And set my breast his ...
... tears still furnishihg his table , With what might make the miserable blest ; But this ungrateful , for my good desert . Entic'd my thoughts against me to con- spire , Who gave consent to steal away my heart , And set my breast his ...
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... tears did shed for pure affection . " The lion , lord of every beast in field , " Quoth she , " his princely puissance doth abate , And mighty proud to humble weak does yield , Forgetful of the hungry rage , which late Him pricked , in ...
... tears did shed for pure affection . " The lion , lord of every beast in field , " Quoth she , " his princely puissance doth abate , And mighty proud to humble weak does yield , Forgetful of the hungry rage , which late Him pricked , in ...
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... tears ? O , punishment ! Then he that patiently want's burden bears , No burden bears , but is a king , a king ! O , sweet content ! Work apace , apace , & c . Welcome folded arms , and fixed eyes , A sigh that piercing mortifies , A ...
... tears ? O , punishment ! Then he that patiently want's burden bears , No burden bears , but is a king , a king ! O , sweet content ! Work apace , apace , & c . Welcome folded arms , and fixed eyes , A sigh that piercing mortifies , A ...
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... tears ; -why she , even she , - [ of reason , O heaven ! a beast , that wants discourse Would have mourn'd longer , -married with my uncle , My father's brother ; but no more like my father , Than I to Hercules : Within a month ; Ere ...
... tears ; -why she , even she , - [ of reason , O heaven ! a beast , that wants discourse Would have mourn'd longer , -married with my uncle , My father's brother ; but no more like my father , Than I to Hercules : Within a month ; Ere ...
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... tears , prepare to shed them now . You all do know this mantle ; I remember The first time ever Cæsar put it on ; ' Twas on a summer's evening , in his tent ; That day he overcame the Nervii . Look ! in this place ran Cassius ' dagger ...
... tears , prepare to shed them now . You all do know this mantle ; I remember The first time ever Cæsar put it on ; ' Twas on a summer's evening , in his tent ; That day he overcame the Nervii . Look ! in this place ran Cassius ' dagger ...
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