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Page 86
... light , soon lost for new love . Another shepherd you did see , To whom your heart was soon enchainèd ; Full soon your love was leapt from me , Full soon my place he had obtainèd . Soon came a third your love to win , And we were out ...
... light , soon lost for new love . Another shepherd you did see , To whom your heart was soon enchainèd ; Full soon your love was leapt from me , Full soon my place he had obtainèd . Soon came a third your love to win , And we were out ...
Page 93
... light , Whose rich brightness Moved their lightness To aspire so high That all scorch'd and consumed with fire now drown'd in woe they lie . And none but Love their woeful hap did rue , For Love did know that their desires were true ...
... light , Whose rich brightness Moved their lightness To aspire so high That all scorch'd and consumed with fire now drown'd in woe they lie . And none but Love their woeful hap did rue , For Love did know that their desires were true ...
Page 114
... light , And in his waters , which your mirror make , Behold your faces as the christall bright , That when you come whereas my love doth lie , No blemish she may spie . And eke , ye lightfoot mayds , which keepe the deere , That on the ...
... light , And in his waters , which your mirror make , Behold your faces as the christall bright , That when you come whereas my love doth lie , No blemish she may spie . And eke , ye lightfoot mayds , which keepe the deere , That on the ...
Page 121
... light , When once the Crab behind his back he sees . But for this time it ill ordainèd was , To chose the longest day in all the yeare , And shortest night , when longest fitter weare : Yet never day so long , but late would passe ...
... light , When once the Crab behind his back he sees . But for this time it ill ordainèd was , To chose the longest day in all the yeare , And shortest night , when longest fitter weare : Yet never day so long , but late would passe ...
Page 131
... light ; A light which doth dissever And yet unite the eyes , A light which , dying never , Is cause the looker dies . She never dies , but lasteth In life of lover's heart ; He ever dies that wasteth In love his chiefest part : Thus is ...
... light ; A light which doth dissever And yet unite the eyes , A light which , dying never , Is cause the looker dies . She never dies , but lasteth In life of lover's heart ; He ever dies that wasteth In love his chiefest part : Thus is ...
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