Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... noon ? DEATH . Talk not of noon ! you may as well be mute ; This is no time at all for to dispute : Your riches , garments , gold , and jewels brave , Houses and lands must all new owners have ; Tho ' thy vain heart to riches was inclin ...
... noon ? DEATH . Talk not of noon ! you may as well be mute ; This is no time at all for to dispute : Your riches , garments , gold , and jewels brave , Houses and lands must all new owners have ; Tho ' thy vain heart to riches was inclin ...
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... Indian weed , now withered quite , Though green at noon , cut down at night , Shows thy decay ; All flesh is hay : Thus think , and smoke tobacco . The pipe so lily - like and weak , Does BALLADS , AND SONGS . 37 Tobacco.
... Indian weed , now withered quite , Though green at noon , cut down at night , Shows thy decay ; All flesh is hay : Thus think , and smoke tobacco . The pipe so lily - like and weak , Does BALLADS , AND SONGS . 37 Tobacco.
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... noon ! O ! sorrow not , thou forenoon bride , Our hearts could ne'er united be ; Ye must return to your own countrie , A double dower I'll send with thee . And up and spak ' the young bride's mother , Who never was heard to speak so ...
... noon ! O ! sorrow not , thou forenoon bride , Our hearts could ne'er united be ; Ye must return to your own countrie , A double dower I'll send with thee . And up and spak ' the young bride's mother , Who never was heard to speak so ...
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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