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Page 80
... queen ! The balmy dropis from Phoebus sheen Preluciand beams before the day : By that Diana growis green Through gladness of this lusty May . Then Esperus , that is so bricht , Til woful hairtis castis his light , With bankis that ...
... queen ! The balmy dropis from Phoebus sheen Preluciand beams before the day : By that Diana growis green Through gladness of this lusty May . Then Esperus , that is so bricht , Til woful hairtis castis his light , With bankis that ...
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... Queen of Love had been excused Bequeathing , bequeathing , My Phyllida the golden ball . Phyl . Yonder comes my mother , Corydon ! Whither shall I fly ? Cor . Under yonder beech , my lovely one , While she passeth by . Phyl . Say to her ...
... Queen of Love had been excused Bequeathing , bequeathing , My Phyllida the golden ball . Phyl . Yonder comes my mother , Corydon ! Whither shall I fly ? Cor . Under yonder beech , my lovely one , While she passeth by . Phyl . Say to her ...
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... whilest it is prime ; For none can call againe the passèd time . 79. make ] mate . 80 . A Ditty In praise of Eliza , Queen 104 SIR WALTER RALEIGH 75-78 Sir Walter Raleigh b 1552, d 1618 79-84 Edmund Spenser b 1552, d 1599.
... whilest it is prime ; For none can call againe the passèd time . 79. make ] mate . 80 . A Ditty In praise of Eliza , Queen 104 SIR WALTER RALEIGH 75-78 Sir Walter Raleigh b 1552, d 1618 79-84 Edmund Spenser b 1552, d 1599.
Page 105
... Queen of the Shepherds SEE where she sits upon the grassie greene , ( O seemely sight ! ) Yclad in Scarlot , like a mayden Queene , And ermines white : Upon her head a Cremosin coronet With Damaske roses and Daffadillies set : Bay ...
... Queen of the Shepherds SEE where she sits upon the grassie greene , ( O seemely sight ! ) Yclad in Scarlot , like a mayden Queene , And ermines white : Upon her head a Cremosin coronet With Damaske roses and Daffadillies set : Bay ...
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... QUEEN ELIZABETH ) HIS golden locks Time hath to silver turn'd ; O Time too swift , O swiftness never ceasing ! His youth ' gainst time and age hath ever spurn'd , But spurn'd in vain ; youth waneth by increasing : Beauty , strength ...
... QUEEN ELIZABETH ) HIS golden locks Time hath to silver turn'd ; O Time too swift , O swiftness never ceasing ! His youth ' gainst time and age hath ever spurn'd , But spurn'd in vain ; youth waneth by increasing : Beauty , strength ...
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