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... dead and gone , lady , He is dead and gone ; At his head a grass - green turf , At his heels a stone . 10 And will he not come again ? And will he not come again ? No , no , he is dead : He Go to thy death - bed : never will come again ...
... dead and gone , lady , He is dead and gone ; At his head a grass - green turf , At his heels a stone . 10 And will he not come again ? And will he not come again ? No , no , he is dead : He Go to thy death - bed : never will come again ...
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... send a kiss By you , sir , to awake him . Pray , hurt him not though he be dead , He knows well who do love him , And who with green turfs rear his head , And who do rudely move him . He's soft and tender ( pray take heed ) ; 6 11.
... send a kiss By you , sir , to awake him . Pray , hurt him not though he be dead , He knows well who do love him , And who with green turfs rear his head , And who do rudely move him . He's soft and tender ( pray take heed ) ; 6 11.
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... Dead Host's Welcome you ' Tis late and cold ; stir up the fire ; Sit close , and draw the table nigher ; Be merry , and drink wine that's old , A hearty medicine ' gainst a cold : Your beds of wanton down the best , Where shall tumble ...
... Dead Host's Welcome you ' Tis late and cold ; stir up the fire ; Sit close , and draw the table nigher ; Be merry , and drink wine that's old , A hearty medicine ' gainst a cold : Your beds of wanton down the best , Where shall tumble ...
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... dead , Than I should lose my maidenhead , And all for love of men . " Saith he , “ Yet are you too unkind , If in your heart you cannot find To love us now and then . " And I to thee will be as kind , As Colin was to Rosalind , Of ...
... dead , Than I should lose my maidenhead , And all for love of men . " Saith he , “ Yet are you too unkind , If in your heart you cannot find To love us now and then . " And I to thee will be as kind , As Colin was to Rosalind , Of ...
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... dead ? O , no , my tongue doth walk : Come , kiss , Carmela , and confound my woe . Carmela . Even with this kiss , as once my father did , I seal the sweet indentures of delight : Before I break my vow the gods forbid , No , not by day ...
... dead ? O , no , my tongue doth walk : Come , kiss , Carmela , and confound my woe . Carmela . Even with this kiss , as once my father did , I seal the sweet indentures of delight : Before I break my vow the gods forbid , No , not by day ...
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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...