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I must confess that word Doth cut my heart , like any sharpned sword : What !
come t ' account ! methinks the dreadful sound Of every word doth make a mortal
wound , Which sticks not only in my outward skin , But penetrates my very soule ...
I must confess that word Doth cut my heart , like any sharpned sword : What !
come t ' account ! methinks the dreadful sound Of every word doth make a mortal
wound , Which sticks not only in my outward skin , But penetrates my very soule ...
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But griefe growes great , and now my trust doth faile me . Oh ! that my conscience
were but clear within , Which now is racked with my former sin ; With horror I
behold my secret stealing , My bribes , oppression , and my graceless dealing ;
My ...
But griefe growes great , and now my trust doth faile me . Oh ! that my conscience
were but clear within , Which now is racked with my former sin ; With horror I
behold my secret stealing , My bribes , oppression , and my graceless dealing ;
My ...
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It's true , when Johnny comes along , And I by chance do meet him , His master
comes out with a stick , And sorely he doth beat him : Yet Johnny shall be made
amends , When his time's out , by Sally ; In spite of all the rogues and girls That
live ...
It's true , when Johnny comes along , And I by chance do meet him , His master
comes out with a stick , And sorely he doth beat him : Yet Johnny shall be made
amends , When his time's out , by Sally ; In spite of all the rogues and girls That
live ...
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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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