Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... give over . DEATH . Nay , fair and soft ! ' tis not so quickly done As you conceive it is : I am not gone A jott the sooner , for your hastie chat Nor bragging language ; for I tell you flat ' Tis more then so , though fortune seeme to ...
... give over . DEATH . Nay , fair and soft ! ' tis not so quickly done As you conceive it is : I am not gone A jott the sooner , for your hastie chat Nor bragging language ; for I tell you flat ' Tis more then so , though fortune seeme to ...
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... fortune could never agree ; And therefore , blind beggar , we pray thee bewray , And look to us then the truth thou dost say , Thy birth and thy parentage what it may be , E'en for the love thou bearest to pretty Bessee . Then give me ...
... fortune could never agree ; And therefore , blind beggar , we pray thee bewray , And look to us then the truth thou dost say , Thy birth and thy parentage what it may be , E'en for the love thou bearest to pretty Bessee . Then give me ...
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Percy Society. If Fortune e'er should fickle be , and wish to have again That which she so freely gave , I'd give it without pain : I would part with it right freely , and without the least remorse , Only grant to me what God hath gave ...
Percy Society. If Fortune e'er should fickle be , and wish to have again That which she so freely gave , I'd give it without pain : I would part with it right freely , and without the least remorse , Only grant to me what God hath gave ...
Contents
King James I and the Tinkler | 12 |
The Keach i the Creel | 13 |
The Merry Broomfield or the Westcountry Wager | 14 |
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