Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... shee doth love another swaine above thee : I love thee for thy gifts , she for hir pleasure ; I for thy vertue , she for beauties treasure . And alwaies , I am sure , it cannot last . But sometime Nature will denie those dimples ...
... shee doth love another swaine above thee : I love thee for thy gifts , she for hir pleasure ; I for thy vertue , she for beauties treasure . And alwaies , I am sure , it cannot last . But sometime Nature will denie those dimples ...
Page 48
... shee rather deadly poyson chose , Oh cruell bane of most accursed clime ! Than staine that milk - white mayden virgin rose , Which shee had kept unspotted till that time , And not corrupted with this earthly slime . Her soule shall live ...
... shee rather deadly poyson chose , Oh cruell bane of most accursed clime ! Than staine that milk - white mayden virgin rose , Which shee had kept unspotted till that time , And not corrupted with this earthly slime . Her soule shall live ...
Page 48
... Shee had all thinges there full readye , And sett hirselfe upon a stone , Withouten any companye . She tooke a booke in hir hande , And there did reede of prophesye , Howe she shoulde be Queene in England , But mony a guyltles man ...
... Shee had all thinges there full readye , And sett hirselfe upon a stone , Withouten any companye . She tooke a booke in hir hande , And there did reede of prophesye , Howe she shoulde be Queene in England , But mony a guyltles man ...
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