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Sweet babes , I little thought the other day , I should so suddenly be snatch'd
away By Death , and leave you weeping here behind ; But life's a most uncertain
thing , I find . When in the grave my head is lain full low , Pray let not folly prove
your ...
Sweet babes , I little thought the other day , I should so suddenly be snatch'd
away By Death , and leave you weeping here behind ; But life's a most uncertain
thing , I find . When in the grave my head is lain full low , Pray let not folly prove
your ...
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Percy Society. VI . The Messenger of mortality : Or Life and Death contrasted in a
Dialogue betwixt Death and a Lady . One of the most beautiful and plaintive
poems of “ Elia , ” ( Charles Lamb ) , was suggested by this old dialogue . The
tune is ...
Percy Society. VI . The Messenger of mortality : Or Life and Death contrasted in a
Dialogue betwixt Death and a Lady . One of the most beautiful and plaintive
poems of “ Elia , ” ( Charles Lamb ) , was suggested by this old dialogue . The
tune is ...
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Death , be not so severe , let me obtain A little longer time to live and reign ! Fain
would I stay if thou my life will spare ; I have a daughter beautiful and fair , I'd live
to see her wed whom I adore : Grant me but this and I will ask no more . DEATH ...
Death , be not so severe , let me obtain A little longer time to live and reign ! Fain
would I stay if thou my life will spare ; I have a daughter beautiful and fair , I'd live
to see her wed whom I adore : Grant me but this and I will ask no more . DEATH ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 17 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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