Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy, ed. by J. V. Prichard, Volume 21876 |
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... Head like a wyld Hart , " & c . In like metre is the Prophesie of Waldhave : " Upon Lowdon Law alone as I Lay , Looking to the Lennox , as ine Lief thought , The first Morning of May , Medicine to seek For Malice and Melody that Moved ...
... Head like a wyld Hart , " & c . In like metre is the Prophesie of Waldhave : " Upon Lowdon Law alone as I Lay , Looking to the Lennox , as ine Lief thought , The first Morning of May , Medicine to seek For Malice and Melody that Moved ...
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... head he cast up , and wooful was hee . 66 My name , " quoth he , " is the cause of my care , And makes me scorned and left here so bare . " 5 10 16 Then straightway he turnd him and prayd ' me ' sit downe , " And I will , " saithe he ...
... head he cast up , and wooful was hee . 66 My name , " quoth he , " is the cause of my care , And makes me scorned and left here so bare . " 5 10 16 Then straightway he turnd him and prayd ' me ' sit downe , " And I will , " saithe he ...
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... not rest . When they had crown'd his head with thornes , And scourg'd him to disgrace , In scornfull sort they led him forthe Unto his dying place , 10 Where thousand thousands in the streete Beheld him passe along 22 THE WANDERING JEW .
... not rest . When they had crown'd his head with thornes , And scourg'd him to disgrace , In scornfull sort they led him forthe Unto his dying place , 10 Where thousand thousands in the streete Beheld him passe along 22 THE WANDERING JEW .
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... head shall be smitten from thy bodie . " And first , " quo ' the king , " when I'm in this stead , With my crowne of golde so faire on my head , Among all my liege - men so noble of birthe , 25 Thou must tell me to one penny what I am ...
... head shall be smitten from thy bodie . " And first , " quo ' the king , " when I'm in this stead , With my crowne of golde so faire on my head , Among all my liege - men so noble of birthe , 25 Thou must tell me to one penny what I am ...
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... head will be smitten from my bodìe . " The first is to tell him there in that stead , With his crowne of golde so fair on his head , Among all his liege - men so noble of birth , To within one penny of what he is worth . 45 50 5 " The ...
... head will be smitten from my bodìe . " The first is to tell him there in that stead , With his crowne of golde so fair on his head , Among all his liege - men so noble of birth , To within one penny of what he is worth . 45 50 5 " The ...
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Page 34 - You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own; What are you when the rose is blown ? So, when my mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not design'd Th' eclipse and glory of her kind.
Page 160 - ... paid; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lip, the rose Growing on's cheek (but none knows how), With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin; All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes, She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this to thee? What shall, alas! become of me? THE SONGS OF BIRDS What bird so sings, yet so does wail? O 'tis the...
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Page 35 - An old song, made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate...
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