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... birds tune this merry lay , we aye Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The fields breathe sweet , the ... bird so sings , yet so does wail ? 23 36.
... birds tune this merry lay , we aye Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The fields breathe sweet , the ... bird so sings , yet so does wail ? 23 36.
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Arthur Symons. What bird so sings , yet so does wail ? O ! ' t is the ravished nightingale . 66 Jug , jug , jug , jug , tereu ! " she cries , And still her woes at midnight rise ... birds upon the trees Do sing with pleasant voices 24 38.
Arthur Symons. What bird so sings , yet so does wail ? O ! ' t is the ravished nightingale . 66 Jug , jug , jug , jug , tereu ! " she cries , And still her woes at midnight rise ... birds upon the trees Do sing with pleasant voices 24 38.
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Arthur Symons. The birds upon the trees Do sing with pleasant voices , And chant in their degrees Their loves and lucky ... birds are come From cliffs and rocks unknown To see the trees and briars bloom That late were overflown . What ...
Arthur Symons. The birds upon the trees Do sing with pleasant voices , And chant in their degrees Their loves and lucky ... birds are come From cliffs and rocks unknown To see the trees and briars bloom That late were overflown . What ...
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... birds had drawn their valentines ; The jealous trout that now did lie , Rose at a well - dissembled fly : There stood my friend with patient skill , Attending of his trembling quill . Already were the eaves possessed With the swift ...
... birds had drawn their valentines ; The jealous trout that now did lie , Rose at a well - dissembled fly : There stood my friend with patient skill , Attending of his trembling quill . Already were the eaves possessed With the swift ...
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... ho , and a hey nonino , That o'er the green corn - field did pass In the spring time , the only pretty ring time , When birds do sing , hey ding a ding , ding : Sweet lovers love the spring . Between the acres of the rye , With a hey 28.
... ho , and a hey nonino , That o'er the green corn - field did pass In the spring time , the only pretty ring time , When birds do sing , hey ding a ding , ding : Sweet lovers love the spring . Between the acres of the rye , With a hey 28.
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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 livės 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...