Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... vertue doo despise ; Vertue is loathde of fooles , lovde of the wise . O faire boy , trust not to thy beauties wings , They cannot carry thee above the sunne : Beauty and wealth are transitory things , For all must ende that ever was ...
... vertue doo despise ; Vertue is loathde of fooles , lovde of the wise . O faire boy , trust not to thy beauties wings , They cannot carry thee above the sunne : Beauty and wealth are transitory things , For all must ende that ever was ...
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... vertues for blacke vyces piller , White makes proud fooles inferiour unto no man : White is the white of body , blacke of minde , Vertue we seldome in white habit finde . Oh , then be not so proud because th ' art fayre , Vertue is ...
... vertues for blacke vyces piller , White makes proud fooles inferiour unto no man : White is the white of body , blacke of minde , Vertue we seldome in white habit finde . Oh , then be not so proud because th ' art fayre , Vertue is ...
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... Vertue ones ? Women have kindnes grafted in their bones . Gold is a deepe - perswading orator , Especially where few ... Vertue never shall decay , For Fame is toomblesse , Vertue lives for aye ! FINIS . NOTES . P. 6 , 1. 1. - Blin . 48 ...
... Vertue ones ? Women have kindnes grafted in their bones . Gold is a deepe - perswading orator , Especially where few ... Vertue never shall decay , For Fame is toomblesse , Vertue lives for aye ! FINIS . NOTES . P. 6 , 1. 1. - Blin . 48 ...
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