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Page 83
... Tears harden lust , though marble wear with raining . Her pity - pleading eyes are sadly fixed In the remorseless wrinkles of his face ; Her modest eloquence with sighs is mixed , Which to her oratory adds more grace . She puts the ...
... Tears harden lust , though marble wear with raining . Her pity - pleading eyes are sadly fixed In the remorseless wrinkles of his face ; Her modest eloquence with sighs is mixed , Which to her oratory adds more grace . She puts the ...
Page 84
... tears , my sighs , my groans : ' All which together , like a troubled ocean , Beat at thy rocky and wreck - threatening heart , To soften it with their continual motion ; For stones dissolved to water do convert . O , if no harder than ...
... tears , my sighs , my groans : ' All which together , like a troubled ocean , Beat at thy rocky and wreck - threatening heart , To soften it with their continual motion ; For stones dissolved to water do convert . O , if no harder than ...
Page 109
... tears as these . I in a golden vial will Keep these two crystal tears ; and fill It till it do o'erflow with mine ; Then place it in Diana's shrine . Now my sweet faun is vanished to Whither the swans and turtles In fair Elysium to ...
... tears as these . I in a golden vial will Keep these two crystal tears ; and fill It till it do o'erflow with mine ; Then place it in Diana's shrine . Now my sweet faun is vanished to Whither the swans and turtles In fair Elysium to ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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