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Page 142
It were for me To throw my sceptre at the injurious gods ; To tell them that this world did equal theirs Till they had stol'n our jewel . All's but naught ; Patience is sottish , and impatience does Become a dog that ' s mad ; then is ...
It were for me To throw my sceptre at the injurious gods ; To tell them that this world did equal theirs Till they had stol'n our jewel . All's but naught ; Patience is sottish , and impatience does Become a dog that ' s mad ; then is ...
Page 187
Some knotted riddles tell ; Some poems smoothly read . The summer hath his joys , And winter his delights ; Though Love and all his pleasures are but toys , They shorten tedious nights . from A Book of Airs XX WHEN thou must home to ...
Some knotted riddles tell ; Some poems smoothly read . The summer hath his joys , And winter his delights ; Though Love and all his pleasures are but toys , They shorten tedious nights . from A Book of Airs XX WHEN thou must home to ...
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... take them all ; Tell me no more of constancy , Tell me not , Sweet , I am unkind , Tell me , tell , what kind of thing is Wit , That thou art blam'd shall not be thy defect , That thou hast her , it is not all my grief , That time ...
... take them all ; Tell me no more of constancy , Tell me not , Sweet , I am unkind , Tell me , tell , what kind of thing is Wit , That thou art blam'd shall not be thy defect , That thou hast her , it is not all my grief , That time ...
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FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
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| Title | The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry: Spencer to Crabbe Oxford Paperbacks Volume 1 of The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry, Oxford library of English poetry |
| Author | Oxford library of English poetry |
| Editor | John Wain |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192827987, 9780192827982 |
| Length | 659 pages |
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