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Page 41
... moon ! My summer's day in lusty May Is darked before the noon . I hear you say , farewell : Nay , nay , We depart not so soon . Why say ye so ? whither will ye go ? Alas ! what have ye done ? All my welfare to sorrow and care Should ...
... moon ! My summer's day in lusty May Is darked before the noon . I hear you say , farewell : Nay , nay , We depart not so soon . Why say ye so ? whither will ye go ? Alas ! what have ye done ? All my welfare to sorrow and care Should ...
Page 65
... moon : Thy wishes then dare not be told : Care then who list ! for I have done . And then may chance thee to repent The time that thou has lost and spent To cause thy lover's sigh and swoon : Then shalt thou know beauty but lent , And ...
... moon : Thy wishes then dare not be told : Care then who list ! for I have done . And then may chance thee to repent The time that thou has lost and spent To cause thy lover's sigh and swoon : Then shalt thou know beauty but lent , And ...
Page 135
... moon , thou climb'st the skies ! How silently , and with how wan a face ! What ! may it be that even in heavenly place That busy archer his sharp arrows tries ? Sure , if that long - with - love - acquainted eyes Can judge of love ...
... moon , thou climb'st the skies ! How silently , and with how wan a face ! What ! may it be that even in heavenly place That busy archer his sharp arrows tries ? Sure , if that long - with - love - acquainted eyes Can judge of love ...
Page 210
... beauties of the night , That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light , You common people of the skies ; What are you when the moon shall rise ? You curious chanters of the wood , That warble forth 210 JOHN REYNOLDS.
... beauties of the night , That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light , You common people of the skies ; What are you when the moon shall rise ? You curious chanters of the wood , That warble forth 210 JOHN REYNOLDS.
Page 239
... Moon he makes to woo ; Vesta , kindling holy fires , Circled round about with spies , Never dreaming loose desires , Doting at the altar dies ; Ilion , in a short hour , higher He can build , and once more fire . God Lyaeus OD Lyaeus ...
... Moon he makes to woo ; Vesta , kindling holy fires , Circled round about with spies , Never dreaming loose desires , Doting at the altar dies ; Ilion , in a short hour , higher He can build , and once more fire . God Lyaeus OD Lyaeus ...
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