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Page 38
... hear my dear child weep . With my pap I shall her keep ; Ne marvel ye not though I tend her to : This wound in my side had ne'er be so deep But Quia amore langueo . crippe ] scrip . mene ] care for . Long thou for love never so high ...
... hear my dear child weep . With my pap I shall her keep ; Ne marvel ye not though I tend her to : This wound in my side had ne'er be so deep But Quia amore langueo . crippe ] scrip . mene ] care for . Long thou for love never so high ...
Page 41
... hear you say , farewell : Nay , nay , We depart not so soon . Why say ye so ? whither will ye go ? Alas ! what have ye done ? All my welfare to sorrow and care Should change , if ye were gone : For , in my mind , of all mankind I love ...
... hear you say , farewell : Nay , nay , We depart not so soon . Why say ye so ? whither will ye go ? Alas ! what have ye done ? All my welfare to sorrow and care Should change , if ye were gone : For , in my mind , of all mankind I love ...
Page 129
... Welcome WHAT bird so sings , yet so does wail ? O'tis the ravish'd nightingale . Jug , jug , jug , jug , tereu ! she cries , And still her woes at midnight rise . 86 . Brave prick - song ! Who is't now we hear K 129 EDMUND SPENSER.
... Welcome WHAT bird so sings , yet so does wail ? O'tis the ravish'd nightingale . Jug , jug , jug , jug , tereu ! she cries , And still her woes at midnight rise . 86 . Brave prick - song ! Who is't now we hear K 129 EDMUND SPENSER.
Page 130
... hear ? None but the lark so shrill and clear ; Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings , The morn not waking till she sings . Hark , hark , with what a pretty throat Poor robin redbreast tunes his note ! Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing ...
... hear ? None but the lark so shrill and clear ; Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings , The morn not waking till she sings . Hark , hark , with what a pretty throat Poor robin redbreast tunes his note ! Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing ...
Page 168
... , how hot they were On the false Frenchmen ! They now to fight are gone , Armour on armour shone , Drum now to drum did groan , To hear was wonder ; That with the cries they make The very earth did 168 MICHAEL DRAYTON.
... , how hot they were On the false Frenchmen ! They now to fight are gone , Armour on armour shone , Drum now to drum did groan , To hear was wonder ; That with the cries they make The very earth did 168 MICHAEL DRAYTON.
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