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... fairies , Cupid , and the graces and forces outside nature ; and after these some praise of poets who have praised beauty ; and then the praise and delineation of beauty , a Renaissance ecstasy , ending with the later , more ...
... fairies , Cupid , and the graces and forces outside nature ; and after these some praise of poets who have praised beauty ; and then the praise and delineation of beauty , a Renaissance ecstasy , ending with the later , more ...
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... fairies by the pale - faced moon Watered the root and kissed her pretty shade . But well - a - day , the gardener careless grew , The maids and fairies both were kept away , And in a drought the ... Fairy Old Chaucer doth of Topas 73.
... fairies by the pale - faced moon Watered the root and kissed her pretty shade . But well - a - day , the gardener careless grew , The maids and fairies both were kept away , And in a drought the ... Fairy Old Chaucer doth of Topas 73.
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Arthur Symons. Nymphidia The Court of Fairy Old Chaucer doth of Topas tell , Mad Rabelais of Pantagruel , A later ... Fairies still , Nor never can they have their fill , As they were wedded to them ; No tales of them their thirst can ...
Arthur Symons. Nymphidia The Court of Fairy Old Chaucer doth of Topas tell , Mad Rabelais of Pantagruel , A later ... Fairies still , Nor never can they have their fill , As they were wedded to them ; No tales of them their thirst can ...
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... Fairy can as soon Pass to the earth below it . The walls of spiders ' legs are made Well mortised and finely laid ... fairies wake , Descendeth for his pleasure ; And Mab , his merry Queen , by night Bestrides young folks that lie ...
... Fairy can as soon Pass to the earth below it . The walls of spiders ' legs are made Well mortised and finely laid ... fairies wake , Descendeth for his pleasure ; And Mab , his merry Queen , by night Bestrides young folks that lie ...
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... Fairy left this aulfe And took away the other . But listen , and I shall tell you A chance in Fairy that befell , Which certainly may please some well In love and arms delighting , Of Oberon that jealous grew Of one of his own Fairy ...
... Fairy left this aulfe And took away the other . But listen , and I shall tell you A chance in Fairy that befell , Which certainly may please some well In love and arms delighting , Of Oberon that jealous grew Of one of his own Fairy ...
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Anonymous Barnabe Barnes beauty beauty's behold Ben Jonson birds breath bright bring Campion Carmela Charon Claia Corydon cuckoo Daffodil dead dear death delight desire Donne dost doth Drayton earth echo ring eyes fair Fairy fairy-queen fear fire flowers fools give Golden slumbers gone grace grief hair hath hear heart heaven Heigh-ho Herrick Hey-ho honour keep King kiss leave light little boy live livës joy look love's lovers lullaby maids merry Mertilla mind ne'er never Nicholas Breton night numbers nymphs Oberon passion Perigot Perilla Philomel Phyllida pleasure poem poor praise pretty Proserpina Queen Queen Mab quoth roses scorn Shakespeare shepherd shine Sidney sighs sight sing sleep smile song sonnets soul spring stay sweet tears tell thee thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thoughts true love unto wanton weep Whilst Willy wilt wind youth
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Page 164 - THRICE toss these oaken ashes in the air, Thrice sit thou mute in this enchanted chair ; And thrice three times tie up this true-love's knot, And murmur soft — ' She will, or she will not.' Go burn these poisonous weeds in yon blue fire, These screech-owl's feathers and this prickling briar ; This cypress gathered at a dead man's grave ; That all thy fears and cares an end may have. Then come, you fairies, dance with...