Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 9
Page 3
... beauties treasure , Whose speech is able to inchaunt the wise , Converting joy to paine , and paine to pleasure ; Accept ... beautie my just blame susteane , Since it is mortall , but thyselfe divine . Then , noble ladie , take in gentle ...
... beauties treasure , Whose speech is able to inchaunt the wise , Converting joy to paine , and paine to pleasure ; Accept ... beautie my just blame susteane , Since it is mortall , but thyselfe divine . Then , noble ladie , take in gentle ...
Page 13
... beauties treasure . And alwaies , I am sure , it cannot last . But sometime Nature will denie those dimples : Insteed of beautie , when thy blossom's past , Thy face will be deformed full of wrinckles ; Then she that lov'd thee for thy ...
... beauties treasure . And alwaies , I am sure , it cannot last . But sometime Nature will denie those dimples : Insteed of beautie , when thy blossom's past , Thy face will be deformed full of wrinckles ; Then she that lov'd thee for thy ...
Page 19
... beautie hide ! Cut off thy locke , and sell it for gold wier : The purest gold is tryde in hottest fier . Faire long - haire - wearing Absolon was kild , Because he wore it in a braverie : So that which gracde his beautie , Beautie ...
... beautie hide ! Cut off thy locke , and sell it for gold wier : The purest gold is tryde in hottest fier . Faire long - haire - wearing Absolon was kild , Because he wore it in a braverie : So that which gracde his beautie , Beautie ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agayne anon Bessie Bessye betwene brynge Candlemas countrey cowntrye dede devyll doth Earle of Derbye Earle Richmond eche England fair father Stanley fayth Frere fyre fyrst gold graunt gyve hart hast hath Heywood Humfrey Breerton Humphrey Brereton JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL JEROME JOHN HEYWOOD King Richard kynde Kynge lady lett loke London Lord Strange Lover loved lover nor loved Mary mayster merry Mery mules three myght never night nyghte Pardo Percy Society play plesewrs pray praye proverb prynce rain schall seae shalbe shee shyne Sir John Savage Sir William Stanley Somer sonne sott soule staind sweet syns tell thee theyr thou shalt thowsand thyngs thynk truely twayne tyme Vertue weather whyche whyt wind wolde words wyfe wyll wynde wyse wytt wyttles wytty yere yf ye Yule