The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900, Volume 1Arthur Quiller-Couch |
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... Praise of Women No thyng ys to man so dere No 1260-1340 As wommanys love in gode manere . A gode womman is mannys blys , There her love right and stedfast ys . There ys no solas under hevene Of alle that a man may nevene That shulde a ...
... Praise of Women No thyng ys to man so dere No 1260-1340 As wommanys love in gode manere . A gode womman is mannys blys , There her love right and stedfast ys . There ys no solas under hevene Of alle that a man may nevene That shulde a ...
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... Praise of His Lady G Tottel's Miscellany , 1557 IVE place , you ladies , and begone ! Boast not yourselves at all ! For here at hand approacheth one Whose face will stain you all . The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious ...
... Praise of His Lady G Tottel's Miscellany , 1557 IVE place , you ladies , and begone ! Boast not yourselves at all ! For here at hand approacheth one Whose face will stain you all . The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious ...
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... be disdainèd I wish known ye . my heart had never What ? I that loved and you that liked , shall we begin to wrangle ? No , no , no , my heart is fast , and cannot disentangle . 2246 E 97 If I admire or praise you too much , that ANONYMOUS.
... be disdainèd I wish known ye . my heart had never What ? I that loved and you that liked , shall we begin to wrangle ? No , no , no , my heart is fast , and cannot disentangle . 2246 E 97 If I admire or praise you too much , that ANONYMOUS.
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Arthur Quiller-Couch. If I admire or praise you too much , that fault you may forgive me ; Or if my hands had stray'd but a touch , then justly might you leave me . I ask'd you leave , you bade me love ; is ' t now a time to chide me ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch. If I admire or praise you too much , that fault you may forgive me ; Or if my hands had stray'd but a touch , then justly might you leave me . I ask'd you leave , you bade me love ; is ' t now a time to chide me ...
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... , sweet love , 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.
... , sweet love , 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.
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