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... prove That hills and valleys , dales and fields , Woods , or steepy mountain yields . And we will sit upon the rocks , Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks By shallow rivers , to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals . And I will ...
... prove That hills and valleys , dales and fields , Woods , or steepy mountain yields . And we will sit upon the rocks , Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks By shallow rivers , to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals . And I will ...
Page 76
... proves an idiot When folk perceive it thriveth not , The fault therein to smother , Some silly , doting , brainless calf That understands things by the half , Say that the Fairy left this aulfe And took away the other . But listen , and ...
... proves an idiot When folk perceive it thriveth not , The fault therein to smother , Some silly , doting , brainless calf That understands things by the half , Say that the Fairy left this aulfe And took away the other . But listen , and ...
Page 145
... prove me ! Diaphenia , like the spreading roses , That in thy sweets all sweets encloses , Fair sweet , how I do love thee ! I do love thee as each flower Loves the sun's life - giving power ; For dead , thy breath to life might move me ...
... prove me ! Diaphenia , like the spreading roses , That in thy sweets all sweets encloses , Fair sweet , how I do love thee ! I do love thee as each flower Loves the sun's life - giving power ; For dead , thy breath to life might move me ...
Page 146
... prove true , and all beside reject , Then art thou but one man's good , which yields a poor effect : For the commonest good by far deserves the best respect . But if for this goodness thou thyself wilt common make , Thou art then not ...
... prove true , and all beside reject , Then art thou but one man's good , which yields a poor effect : For the commonest good by far deserves the best respect . But if for this goodness thou thyself wilt common make , Thou art then not ...
Page 147
... prove not stains to her , that them for grace should wear : So shalt thou to all more fair than thou wert born appear . 130 Campion . Do not , O do not prize thy beauty at too high a rate , Love to be loved whilst thou art lovely , lest ...
... prove not stains to her , that them for grace should wear : So shalt thou to all more fair than thou wert born appear . 130 Campion . Do not , O do not prize thy beauty at too high a rate , Love to be loved whilst thou art lovely , lest ...
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