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Page 46
... sweet , this ill diète Should make you pale and wan : Wherefore I'll to the green - wood go , Alone , a banished man . She . Among the wild deer such an archère , As men say that ye be , Ne may not fail of good vitayle Where is so great ...
... sweet , this ill diète Should make you pale and wan : Wherefore I'll to the green - wood go , Alone , a banished man . She . Among the wild deer such an archère , As men say that ye be , Ne may not fail of good vitayle Where is so great ...
Page 67
... sweet foe , That with the spoil of my heart did go , And left me ; but alas ! why did he so ? And when the seas wax calm again To chase fro me annoy , My doubtful hope doth cause me plain ; So dread cuts off my joy . Thus is my wealth ...
... sweet foe , That with the spoil of my heart did go , And left me ; but alas ! why did he so ? And when the seas wax calm again To chase fro me annoy , My doubtful hope doth cause me plain ; So dread cuts off my joy . Thus is my wealth ...
Page 72
... sweet , to bring the babe to rest , That would not cease but crièd still , in sucking at her breast . She was full weary of her watch , and grievèd with her child , She rocked it and rated it , till that on her it smiled . Then did she ...
... sweet , to bring the babe to rest , That would not cease but crièd still , in sucking at her breast . She was full weary of her watch , and grievèd with her child , She rocked it and rated it , till that on her it smiled . Then did she ...
Page 79
... Sweet melling in the shawis sheen ; Quhen all luvaris rejoicit bene And most desirous of their prey , I heard a lusty luvar mene — ' I luve , but I dare nocht assay ! ' ' Strong are the pains I daily prove , But yet with patience I ...
... Sweet melling in the shawis sheen ; Quhen all luvaris rejoicit bene And most desirous of their prey , I heard a lusty luvar mene — ' I luve , but I dare nocht assay ! ' ' Strong are the pains I daily prove , But yet with patience I ...
Page 92
... sweet home , Hierusalem , Would God I were in thee ! Would God my woes were at an end , Thy joys that I might see ! Thy gardens and thy gallant walks Continually are green ; There grows such sweet and pleasant flowers As nowhere else ...
... sweet home , Hierusalem , Would God I were in thee ! Would God my woes were at an end , Thy joys that I might see ! Thy gardens and thy gallant walks Continually are green ; There grows such sweet and pleasant flowers As nowhere else ...
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