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Page 178
... lover and his lass , With a hey , and a ho , and a hey nonino , That oe'r 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 .
... lover and his lass , With a hey , and a ho , and a hey nonino , That oe'r 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 .
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The merry lark her matins sings aloft ; The thrush replies ; the mavis descant plays ; The ouzel shrills ; the ruddock warbles soft ... of joy and pleasance to you sing , That all the woods them answer , and their echo ring .
The merry lark her matins sings aloft ; The thrush replies ; the mavis descant plays ; The ouzel shrills ; the ruddock warbles soft ... of joy and pleasance to you sing , That all the woods them answer , and their echo ring .
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Nathless do ye still loud her praises sing , That all the woods may answer , and your echo ring . Tell me , ye merchants ' daughters , did ye see So fair a creature in your town before ; So sweet , so lovely , and so mild as she ...
Nathless do ye still loud her praises sing , That all the woods may answer , and your echo ring . Tell me , ye merchants ' daughters , did ye see So fair a creature in your town before ; So sweet , so lovely , and so mild as she ...
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Contents
SONG | 7 |
GO LOVELY ROSE Edmund Waller | 8 |
THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES F W Bourdillon | 14 |
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arms beauty birds body breast breath bright cheeks close cold comes dark dead dear death delight desire doth dream ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING eyes face fair fall fear fire flame flowers gentle give gold golden gone grace grow hair hand happy hath head hear heart heaven hope hour JOHN keep kiss lady leave light lips live look love thee love's lovers mind morning move never night once pain pity play pleasure poems praise rest ROBERT rose seemed shadow shine sigh sight silent sing sleep smile soft song soul sound speak spring stars sweet tears tell thee thine thing thou thought touch tree true truth turn unto voice wind wings wish young youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Little Treasury of Love Poems, from Chaucer to Dylan Thomas Little treasury series |
| Editor | John Holmes |
| Compiled by | John Holmes |
| Illustrated by | Johannes Troyer |
| Publisher | Scribner, 1950 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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