Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... youth look'd on mee . Embassadors of the most potent kinges With noble æmulation contendinge To court my freindship , their faire daughters offer'd , As pledges to assure it with all pompe And circumstance of glorie . Rome , her selfe ...
... youth look'd on mee . Embassadors of the most potent kinges With noble æmulation contendinge To court my freindship , their faire daughters offer'd , As pledges to assure it with all pompe And circumstance of glorie . Rome , her selfe ...
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... youth , And braverie of my kingdome , in their pale And ghastlye lookes lamentinge that they were To soone by my meanes forc'd from their sweete beeing : Old [ sper with his fierce beames nour [ ishing ] e in vaine Their olives and ...
... youth , And braverie of my kingdome , in their pale And ghastlye lookes lamentinge that they were To soone by my meanes forc'd from their sweete beeing : Old [ sper with his fierce beames nour [ ishing ] e in vaine Their olives and ...
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... wallet , But ' twill not , I fear , please every pallat ; Then mark what ensu❜th , I swear by my youth , That every line in my ballet is truth : N A ballet of wit , a brave ballet of worth POEMS ON COSTUME . 177 THE CLOAK'S KNAVERY.
... wallet , But ' twill not , I fear , please every pallat ; Then mark what ensu❜th , I swear by my youth , That every line in my ballet is truth : N A ballet of wit , a brave ballet of worth POEMS ON COSTUME . 177 THE CLOAK'S KNAVERY.
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SATIRICAL SONGS AND POEMS ON COSTUME | 1 |
THE MERCER 7 | 7 |
THE SHOEMAKER 16 | 16 |
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