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... you rede to take good heed What men will think and say : Of young , of old , it shall be told That ye be gone away Your wanton will for to fulfil , In green - wood you to play ; And that ye might for your delight No longer make 42 ...
... you rede to take good heed What men will think and say : Of young , of old , it shall be told That ye be gone away Your wanton will for to fulfil , In green - wood you to play ; And that ye might for your delight No longer make 42 ...
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Arthur Quiller-Couch. And that ye might for your delight No longer make delay . Rather than ye should thus for me Be called an ill woman Yet would I to the green - wood go , Alone , a banished man . She . Though it be sung of old and ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch. And that ye might for your delight No longer make delay . Rather than ye should thus for me Be called an ill woman Yet would I to the green - wood go , Alone , a banished man . She . Though it be sung of old and ...
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... delight , Help to bewail the woful case And eke the heavy plight Of me , that wonted to rejoice The fortune of my ... delighted me , That yet they do me good : 39. mings ] mingles , mixes . 41 . Wherewith I wake with his return Whose ...
... delight , Help to bewail the woful case And eke the heavy plight Of me , that wonted to rejoice The fortune of my ... delighted me , That yet they do me good : 39. mings ] mingles , mixes . 41 . Wherewith I wake with his return Whose ...
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... delight , Drowned in tears , to mourn my loss I stand the bitter night In my window where I may see Before the winds how the clouds flee : Lo ! what a mariner love hath made me ! And in green waves when the salt flood Doth rise by rage ...
... delight , Drowned in tears , to mourn my loss I stand the bitter night In my window where I may see Before the winds how the clouds flee : Lo ! what a mariner love hath made me ! And in green waves when the salt flood Doth rise by rage ...
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... delight the blooms to bees , my true love is to me ! As fresh and lusty Ver foul Winter doth exceed- As morning bright , with scarlet sky , doth pass the evening's weed- As mellow pears above the crabs esteemed be- So doth my love ...
... delight the blooms to bees , my true love is to me ! As fresh and lusty Ver foul Winter doth exceed- As morning bright , with scarlet sky , doth pass the evening's weed- As mellow pears above the crabs esteemed be- So doth my love ...
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Annabel Lee beauty birds blow bonnie breast breath bright Camelot Clerk Saunders cloud cold Corydon dark Dark Rosaleen dead dear death deep delight dost doth dream earth Edom eyes face fair Fair Annie fear flame flowers frae gone grace grave green hair hame hand happy hath hear heart heaven Kilmeny kiss Lady Lady of Shalott land leave light live look Lord Love's lovers Lycidas maid merry moon morn mother ne'er never night Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er pleasure rose round Samian wine shade shadow shine sigh sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep smile soft song sorrow soul spirit spring stars sweet tears tell thee thine things thou art thou hast thought thro Timor Mortis conturbat tree Twas unto voice wawking weep wild wind wine wings youth