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Page 204
... Never believe , though in my nature reign'd All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood , That it could so prepost'rously be stain'd , To leave for nothing all thy sum of good : For nothing this wide Universe I call , Save thou , my ...
... Never believe , though in my nature reign'd All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood , That it could so prepost'rously be stain'd , To leave for nothing all thy sum of good : For nothing this wide Universe I call , Save thou , my ...
Page 586
... never loved sae blindly , Never met or never parted , We had ne'er been broken - hearted . Fare thee weel , thou first and fairest ! Fare thee weel , thou best and dearest ! Thine be ilka joy and treasure , Peace , enjoyment , love ...
... never loved sae blindly , Never met or never parted , We had ne'er been broken - hearted . Fare thee weel , thou first and fairest ! Fare thee weel , thou best and dearest ! Thine be ilka joy and treasure , Peace , enjoyment , love ...
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... never live to trace Their shadows , with the magic hand of chance ; And when I feel , fair creature of an hour ! That I shall never look upon thee more , Never have relish in the faery power Of unreflecting love ; -then on the shore Of ...
... never live to trace Their shadows , with the magic hand of chance ; And when I feel , fair creature of an hour ! That I shall never look upon thee more , Never have relish in the faery power Of unreflecting love ; -then on the shore Of ...
Contents
50 | 73 |
Alexander Montgomerie b 1540 d | 80 |
Fulke Greville Lord Brooke b 1554 | 145 |
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1918 Arthur Quiller-Couch,Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch No preview available - 1966 |
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