Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ...Percy society, 1965 - English literature |
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... doth them most dispraise , Doth most live at their ease ; Whereat I muse and marvaile much , And shall do till I die ; And if you think I say not true , Aske them if that I lye . They are man's aid and only stay , And comfort at his ...
... doth them most dispraise , Doth most live at their ease ; Whereat I muse and marvaile much , And shall do till I die ; And if you think I say not true , Aske them if that I lye . They are man's aid and only stay , And comfort at his ...
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... Doth he in method place each stragling haire . This idle idoll doth bestow his wit In being spruce , in making's ruffe to sit : His daies endeauours are to be compleate , To use his vestures nitid and facete : For vulgar oathes , he ...
... Doth he in method place each stragling haire . This idle idoll doth bestow his wit In being spruce , in making's ruffe to sit : His daies endeauours are to be compleate , To use his vestures nitid and facete : For vulgar oathes , he ...
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... doth raise , & c . ] MS . Jon . , where this stanza is the fourth , " Who envieth none whome chance doth rayse , Or vice ; who never understood How swordes give sleighter wounds than prayse , " & c . ยง rumors ] MS . Jon . , where this ...
... doth raise , & c . ] MS . Jon . , where this stanza is the fourth , " Who envieth none whome chance doth rayse , Or vice ; who never understood How swordes give sleighter wounds than prayse , " & c . ยง rumors ] MS . Jon . , where this ...
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