Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27Percy Society, 1840 - English literature |
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Page 78
... fair , Of rethorik it maun be bair : Wemen will say , this is na bourdis , * To wryte sic vyle and filthie wordis ; Bot , wald thay clenge thair filthy taillis , Quhilk ovir the myris , and middingis taillis ; Than , suld my wryting ...
... fair , Of rethorik it maun be bair : Wemen will say , this is na bourdis , * To wryte sic vyle and filthie wordis ; Bot , wald thay clenge thair filthy taillis , Quhilk ovir the myris , and middingis taillis ; Than , suld my wryting ...
Page 110
... fair , On the brows , curled locks , Such as our wantons wear . One hand held right the shape Of a fair looking - glass , In which I took delight , How my vain beauty was : Right the shape of a rod , Scourging me for my sin , The other ...
... fair , On the brows , curled locks , Such as our wantons wear . One hand held right the shape Of a fair looking - glass , In which I took delight , How my vain beauty was : Right the shape of a rod , Scourging me for my sin , The other ...
Page 253
... fair we'll stray , And mark the dress in fashion , For at each auction , ball , or play , Each shews her darling passion . No ringlets now adorn the face , Dear nature yields to art ; A lofty head - dress must take place , Absurd in ev ...
... fair we'll stray , And mark the dress in fashion , For at each auction , ball , or play , Each shews her darling passion . No ringlets now adorn the face , Dear nature yields to art ; A lofty head - dress must take place , Absurd in ev ...
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