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I should be still Plucking the grass to know where sits the wind ; Peering in maps for ports , and piers , and roads ; And every object that might make me fear Misfortune to my ventures , out of doubt Would make me sad ...
I should be still Plucking the grass to know where sits the wind ; Peering in maps for ports , and piers , and roads ; And every object that might make me fear Misfortune to my ventures , out of doubt Would make me sad ...
Page 107
SONG When that I was and a little tiny boy With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ; A foolish thing was but a toy , For the rain it raineth every day . But when I came to man's estate , With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ; ' Gainst ...
SONG When that I was and a little tiny boy With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ; A foolish thing was but a toy , For the rain it raineth every day . But when I came to man's estate , With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ; ' Gainst ...
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... Careful observers may foretell the hour , Charis , guess , and do not miss , Charis one day in discourse Cheer up , my mates , the wind does fairly blow ; Chloe , why wish you that your years Chronos , Chronos , mend thy Pace : Come ...
... Careful observers may foretell the hour , Charis , guess , and do not miss , Charis one day in discourse Cheer up , my mates , the wind does fairly blow ; Chloe , why wish you that your years Chronos , Chronos , mend thy Pace : Come ...
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SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
GEORGE CHAPMAN 15601634 | 54 |
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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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