Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... pleasure gives ? Go , pluck the summer flower , And see how long it lives : Behold , the rays glide on , Along the summer plain , Ere thou canst say , " they're gone , " And measure beauty's reign . Look on the brightest eye , Nor teach ...
... pleasure gives ? Go , pluck the summer flower , And see how long it lives : Behold , the rays glide on , Along the summer plain , Ere thou canst say , " they're gone , " And measure beauty's reign . Look on the brightest eye , Nor teach ...
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... pleasures of a serving - man . SERVING - MAN . Why a serving - man has pleasure beyond all sort of measure , With his hawk on his fist , as he does stand ; For the game that he does kill , and the BALLADS , AND SONGS . 43.
... pleasures of a serving - man . SERVING - MAN . Why a serving - man has pleasure beyond all sort of measure , With his hawk on his fist , as he does stand ; For the game that he does kill , and the BALLADS , AND SONGS . 43.
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... pleasures for the serving - man . HUSBAND - MAN . And my pleasure's more than that , to see my oxen fat , And a good stock of hay by them stand ; My plowing and my sowing , my reaping and my mowing , Are pleasures for the husband - man ...
... pleasures for the serving - man . HUSBAND - MAN . And my pleasure's more than that , to see my oxen fat , And a good stock of hay by them stand ; My plowing and my sowing , my reaping and my mowing , Are pleasures for the husband - man ...
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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