Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 24
... beauty it has so much goodness , as no one could recount , for I say that by clothes is a man high or low , according as he has plenty of them . A man is ever cherished , let him be sprung from Qui de dras ait lasté . Il n'a nul si 24 ...
... beauty it has so much goodness , as no one could recount , for I say that by clothes is a man high or low , according as he has plenty of them . A man is ever cherished , let him be sprung from Qui de dras ait lasté . Il n'a nul si 24 ...
Page 39
... man joins himself to the foolish woman , and this beauty gets the better of his reason . Now let us say no more about women , and let us make an end of this ditty . VI . AGAINST THE PRIDE OF THE LADIES . THE POEMS ON COSTUME . 39.
... man joins himself to the foolish woman , and this beauty gets the better of his reason . Now let us say no more about women , and let us make an end of this ditty . VI . AGAINST THE PRIDE OF THE LADIES . THE POEMS ON COSTUME . 39.
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... Beauty deserves not so much , foulenesse more ! But I profaine , like one whose strange desires Bringe to Love's altar foule and drossie fires ; Sinke those words to your cradles , for I know , Foule as you are , your byrth came from ...
... Beauty deserves not so much , foulenesse more ! But I profaine , like one whose strange desires Bringe to Love's altar foule and drossie fires ; Sinke those words to your cradles , for I know , Foule as you are , your byrth came from ...
Contents
SATIRICAL SONGS AND POEMS ON COSTUME | 1 |
THE MERCER 7 | 7 |
THE SHOEMAKER 16 | 16 |
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