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... desire , Nor pierce any bright eye That wandereth lightly . Bethsabe . Come , gentle Zephyr , trick'd with those perfumes That erst in Eden sweeten'd Adam's love , And stroke my bosom with the silken fan : This shade ( sun - proof ) is ...
... desire , Nor pierce any bright eye That wandereth lightly . Bethsabe . Come , gentle Zephyr , trick'd with those perfumes That erst in Eden sweeten'd Adam's love , And stroke my bosom with the silken fan : This shade ( sun - proof ) is ...
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... desires , Verdure to earth , and to that verdure flowers , To flowers sweet odours , and to odours wings , That carries pleasures to the hearts of kings . * * * * Now comes my lover tripping like the roe , And brings my longings tangled ...
... desires , Verdure to earth , and to that verdure flowers , To flowers sweet odours , and to odours wings , That carries pleasures to the hearts of kings . * * * * Now comes my lover tripping like the roe , And brings my longings tangled ...
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... desire , lift upwards , and divine . So large of limbs , his joints so strongly knit , Such breadth of shoulders , as might mainly bear Old Atlas ' burthen . Twixt his manly pitch A pearl more worth than all the world is placed ...
... desire , lift upwards , and divine . So large of limbs , his joints so strongly knit , Such breadth of shoulders , as might mainly bear Old Atlas ' burthen . Twixt his manly pitch A pearl more worth than all the world is placed ...
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... desires my blood , And will be call'd the murderer of a king , Take it . What , are you moved ? pity you me ? Then send for unrelenting Mortimer , And Isabel , whose eyes , being turn'd to steel EDWARD THE SECOND . 23.
... desires my blood , And will be call'd the murderer of a king , Take it . What , are you moved ? pity you me ? Then send for unrelenting Mortimer , And Isabel , whose eyes , being turn'd to steel EDWARD THE SECOND . 23.
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... desires . O what a world of profit and delight , Of power , of honour , and omnipotence , Is promised to the studious artisan ! All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command . Emperors and kings Are but obeyed in ...
... desires . O what a world of profit and delight , Of power , of honour , and omnipotence , Is promised to the studious artisan ! All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command . Emperors and kings Are but obeyed in ...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare Charles Lamb No preview available - 2016 |
Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare ... Charles Lamb No preview available - 1907 |
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Alaham beauty behold BEN JONSON blessing blood Bonduca breath brother Cæsar Calica call'd Camena Clor COMEDY Corb court crown curse dare daughter dead dear death dost doth Duch Duke earth ev'n eyes fair father fear fortune GEORGE CHAPMAN give gods grave grief hand happy hath hear heart heaven honour hope Jacin JAMES SHIRLEY JOHN FLETCHER JOHN MARSTON king kiss lady leave live look lord madam maid methinks mistress mother ne'er Nennius never night noble Ovid passion Peneus PHILIP MASSINGER pity play pleasure Pompey poor pray prince Queen revenge Sapho Shakspeare shalt sister sleep sorrow soul speak spirit sweet sword tears tell thee thine things THOMAS HEYWOOD THOMAS MIDDLETON thou art thou hast thoughts thyself TRAGEDY true twas unto VIOLANTA virtue weep whilst wife woman wounds