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... gone ; At his head a grass - green turf , At his heels a stone . 10 And will he not come again ? And will he not ... gone , he is gone , And we cast away moan : God ha ' mercy on his soul ! Shakespeare . The Mad Maid's Song Good - morrow ...
... gone ; At his head a grass - green turf , At his heels a stone . 10 And will he not come again ? And will he not ... gone , he is gone , And we cast away moan : God ha ' mercy on his soul ! Shakespeare . The Mad Maid's Song Good - morrow ...
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... seizure , Feed fancies and your your sight : After death , when you are gone , Joy and pleasure is there none . Here on earth is nothing stable , Fortune's changes well are known ; Whilst as youth doth then enable , Let your seeds 29.
... seizure , Feed fancies and your your sight : After death , when you are gone , Joy and pleasure is there none . Here on earth is nothing stable , Fortune's changes well are known ; Whilst as youth doth then enable , Let your seeds 29.
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... gone , Joy and pleasure is there none Feast it freely with your lovers , Blithe and wanton sports do fade , Whilst that lovely Cupid hovers Round about this lovely shade : Sport it freely one to one , After death is pleasure none . Now ...
... gone , Joy and pleasure is there none Feast it freely with your lovers , Blithe and wanton sports do fade , Whilst that lovely Cupid hovers Round about this lovely shade : Sport it freely one to one , After death is pleasure none . Now ...
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... gone to bring in May . A deal of youth , ere this , is come Back , and with white - thorn laden , home . Some have despatched their cakes and cream Before that we have left to dream : And some have wept , and wooed , and plighted troth ...
... gone to bring in May . A deal of youth , ere this , is come Back , and with white - thorn laden , home . Some have despatched their cakes and cream Before that we have left to dream : And some have wept , and wooed , and plighted troth ...
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... May thee importune who like case pretends , And seems to joy in woe , in woe's despite ; Tell me ( so may thou fortune milder try , And long , long sing ) for what thou thus complains , Sith , winter gone , the sun in dappled sky 69 78.
... May thee importune who like case pretends , And seems to joy in woe , in woe's despite ; Tell me ( so may thou fortune milder try , And long , long sing ) for what thou thus complains , Sith , winter gone , the sun in dappled sky 69 78.
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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...