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... soul I perish for her love : But if she scorns my never - ceasing pain , Then burst with sighing in her sight and ne'er return again ! All that I sang still to her praise did tend ; Still she was first , still she my songs did end : Yet ...
... soul I perish for her love : But if she scorns my never - ceasing pain , Then burst with sighing in her sight and ne'er return again ! All that I sang still to her praise did tend ; Still she was first , still she my songs did end : Yet ...
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... He never will come again . His beard was as white as snow , All flaxen was his poll : He is gone , he is gone , And we cast away moan : God ha ' mercy on his soul ! Shakespeare . The Mad Maid's Song Good - morrow to the day 5.
... He never will come again . His beard was as white as snow , All flaxen was his poll : He is gone , he is gone , And we cast away moan : God ha ' mercy on his soul ! Shakespeare . The Mad Maid's Song Good - morrow to the day 5.
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... souls , Te whit , te whoo ! Anonymous . 15 Ha ha ! ha ha ! this world doth pass Most merrily , I'll be sworn ; For many an honest Indian ass Goes for an Unicorn . Farra diddle dino ; This is idle fino . Ty hye ! ty hye ! O sweet delight ...
... souls , Te whit , te whoo ! Anonymous . 15 Ha ha ! ha ha ! this world doth pass Most merrily , I'll be sworn ; For many an honest Indian ass Goes for an Unicorn . Farra diddle dino ; This is idle fino . Ty hye ! ty hye ! O sweet delight ...
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... soul . Nor Care nor Sorrow e'er paid debt , Nor never shall do mine ; I have no cradle going yet , Not I , by this good wine . No wife at home to send for me , No hogs are in my ground , No suit in law to pay a fee , Then round , old ...
... soul . Nor Care nor Sorrow e'er paid debt , Nor never shall do mine ; I have no cradle going yet , Not I , by this good wine . No wife at home to send for me , No hogs are in my ground , No suit in law to pay a fee , Then round , old ...
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... soul to body ; life To quick action , or the warm soft side Of the resigning , yet resisting bride . The kiss of virgins , first fruits of the bed , Soft speech , smooth touch , the lips , the maidenhead : These and a thousand sweets ...
... soul to body ; life To quick action , or the warm soft side Of the resigning , yet resisting bride . The kiss of virgins , first fruits of the bed , Soft speech , smooth touch , the lips , the maidenhead : These and a thousand sweets ...
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Anonymous Barnabe Barnes beauty beauty's behold Ben Jonson birds breath bright bring Campion Carmela Charon Claia Corydon cuckoo Daffodil dead dear death delight desire Donne dost doth Drayton earth echo ring eyes fair Fairy fairy-queen fear fire flowers fools give Golden slumbers gone grace grief hair hath hear heart heaven Heigh-ho Herrick Hey-ho honour keep King kiss leave light little boy lives joy look love's lovers lullaby maids merry Mertilla mind ne'er never Nicholas Breton night numbers nymphs Oberon passion Perigot Perilla Philomel Phyllida pleasure poem poor praise pretty Proserpina Queen Queen Mab quoth roses scorn Shakespeare shepherd shine Sidney sighs sight sing sleep smile song sonnets soul spring stay sweet tears tell thee thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thoughts true love unto wanton weep Whilst Willy wilt wind youth