Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... Painful Plough • 3. The Useful Plow ; or the Plowman's Praise 4. The Farmer's Son 5. Wooing Song of a Yeoman of Kent's Son 6. Harvest - Home Song 7. Harvest - Home 8. The Mow 9. The Barley - Mow Song 10. Craven Churn - Supper Song 11 ...
... Painful Plough • 3. The Useful Plow ; or the Plowman's Praise 4. The Farmer's Son 5. Wooing Song of a Yeoman of Kent's Son 6. Harvest - Home Song 7. Harvest - Home 8. The Mow 9. The Barley - Mow Song 10. Craven Churn - Supper Song 11 ...
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... strut , and turn , and stride , Like walking weather - cocks ? The shadow by thy side Becomes thy ape , and mocks . Dost think that power's disguise Can make thee mighty seem 2 ANCIENT POEMS , The Life and Age of The Painful Plough.
... strut , and turn , and stride , Like walking weather - cocks ? The shadow by thy side Becomes thy ape , and mocks . Dost think that power's disguise Can make thee mighty seem 2 ANCIENT POEMS , The Life and Age of The Painful Plough.
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... ploughmen , of courage stout and bold , That labour all the winter in stormy winds , and cold ; To cloath the fields with plenty , your farm - yards to renew , To crown them with contentment , behold the painful plough ! Hold ...
... ploughmen , of courage stout and bold , That labour all the winter in stormy winds , and cold ; To cloath the fields with plenty , your farm - yards to renew , To crown them with contentment , behold the painful plough ! Hold ...
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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