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... hands : Courtsied when you have and kissed The wild waves whist , Foot it featly here and there ; And , sweet sprites , the burthen bear . Hark , hark ! Bow - wow . The watch - dogs bark : Bow - wow . Hark , hark ! I hear The strain of ...
... hands : Courtsied when you have and kissed The wild waves whist , Foot it featly here and there ; And , sweet sprites , the burthen bear . Hark , hark ! Bow - wow . The watch - dogs bark : Bow - wow . Hark , hark ! I hear The strain of ...
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... Dance upon the mazer's brim , In the crimson liquor swim ; From thy plenteous hand divine , Let a river run with wine : God of youth , let this day here Enter neither care nor fear . Fletcher . Anacreontic Born I was to be old , And for IO.
... Dance upon the mazer's brim , In the crimson liquor swim ; From thy plenteous hand divine , Let a river run with wine : God of youth , let this day here Enter neither care nor fear . Fletcher . Anacreontic Born I was to be old , And for IO.
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... hand , Where shepherds laugh and love upon the land : Ah then , ah then , If country loves such sweet desires do gain , What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? 69 Greene . Perigot and Willy's Roundelay Perigot . It fell upon a holy ...
... hand , Where shepherds laugh and love upon the land : Ah then , ah then , If country loves such sweet desires do gain , What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? 69 Greene . Perigot and Willy's Roundelay Perigot . It fell upon a holy ...
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... Hand in hand with queen Desire , And with a dart that wounded nigh , Pierced my heart as I did lie ; That when I woke I ' gan swear Phyllis beauty's palm did bear . Up I start , forth went I , With her face to feed mine eye ; There I ...
... Hand in hand with queen Desire , And with a dart that wounded nigh , Pierced my heart as I did lie ; That when I woke I ' gan swear Phyllis beauty's palm did bear . Up I start , forth went I , With her face to feed mine eye ; There I ...
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... hand , Thou puissant King of Fairy - land ! Thy mighty strokes who may withstand ? Hold , or of life despair I ! " Together then herself doth roll , And tumbling down into a hole , She seemed as black as any coal ; Which vext away the ...
... hand , Thou puissant King of Fairy - land ! Thy mighty strokes who may withstand ? Hold , or of life despair I ! " Together then herself doth roll , And tumbling down into a hole , She seemed as black as any coal ; Which vext away the ...
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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...