Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... thou must die and leave them all behind . LADY . My heart is cold ; I tremble at the news ; There's bags of gold , if thou wilt me excuse , And seize on them , and finish thou the strife Of those that are aweary of their life . Are ...
... thou must die and leave them all behind . LADY . My heart is cold ; I tremble at the news ; There's bags of gold , if thou wilt me excuse , And seize on them , and finish thou the strife Of those that are aweary of their life . Are ...
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... thou mayest say , That to the dust Return thou must . Thus think , and smoke tobacco . PART II . Was this small plant for thee cut down ? So was the plant of great renown , Which Mercy sends For nobler ends . Thus think , and smoke ...
... thou mayest say , That to the dust Return thou must . Thus think , and smoke tobacco . PART II . Was this small plant for thee cut down ? So was the plant of great renown , Which Mercy sends For nobler ends . Thus think , and smoke ...
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... thou dost lovingly hug ? By the mass ! quoth the tinkler , its nappy brown ale , And for to drink to thee , friend , I will not fail ; For altho ' thy jacket looks gallant and fine , I think that my two - pence as good is as thine . By ...
... thou dost lovingly hug ? By the mass ! quoth the tinkler , its nappy brown ale , And for to drink to thee , friend , I will not fail ; For altho ' thy jacket looks gallant and fine , I think that my two - pence as good is as thine . By ...
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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