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... thought a bonny lass . A bonny lass , quaint in her country ' tire , Was lovely Phillis , Coridon swore so ; Her locks , her looks , did set the swain on fire . He left his lambs , and he began to woo . He looked , he sithed * , he ...
... thought a bonny lass . A bonny lass , quaint in her country ' tire , Was lovely Phillis , Coridon swore so ; Her locks , her looks , did set the swain on fire . He left his lambs , and he began to woo . He looked , he sithed * , he ...
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... thought , Which with a yielding latch , and with no more , Hath barred him from the blessed thing he sought . So ... thoughts might compass his fair fair , And they would stand auspicious to the hour , Even there he starts : quoth he ...
... thought , Which with a yielding latch , and with no more , Hath barred him from the blessed thing he sought . So ... thoughts might compass his fair fair , And they would stand auspicious to the hour , Even there he starts : quoth he ...
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... thought ; And his soul set to grief , as the vast tide Of the bright rocking Ocean sets to shore At the full moon : tears gathered in his eyes ; For he remembered his own early youth , And all its bounding rapture ; as , at dawn , The ...
... thought ; And his soul set to grief , as the vast tide Of the bright rocking Ocean sets to shore At the full moon : tears gathered in his eyes ; For he remembered his own early youth , And all its bounding rapture ; as , at dawn , The ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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