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... heaven beholde Their Scourge and Terrour treade on Emperours . Smile Stars that raign'd at my nativity : And dim the brightnesse of their neighbor Lamps , Disdaine to borrow light of Cynthia , For I the chiefest I.amp of all the earth ...
... heaven beholde Their Scourge and Terrour treade on Emperours . Smile Stars that raign'd at my nativity : And dim the brightnesse of their neighbor Lamps , Disdaine to borrow light of Cynthia , For I the chiefest I.amp of all the earth ...
Page 72
... heavens joyes as valiant to asswage Lusts , as earths honour was to them ? Alas , As wee do them in meanes , shall they surpasse Us in the end , and shall thy fathers spirit Meete blinde Philosophers in heaven , whose merit Of strict ...
... heavens joyes as valiant to asswage Lusts , as earths honour was to them ? Alas , As wee do them in meanes , shall they surpasse Us in the end , and shall thy fathers spirit Meete blinde Philosophers in heaven , whose merit Of strict ...
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... heaven stood there then in the summer noon Though the town below lay leaved with October blood . O may my heart's truth Still be sung On this high hill in a year's turning . Again , the opening syntax is involved . Stripped down , it is ...
... heaven stood there then in the summer noon Though the town below lay leaved with October blood . O may my heart's truth Still be sung On this high hill in a year's turning . Again , the opening syntax is involved . Stripped down , it is ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
BEN JONSON Continued | 27 |
ROSALINDS MADRIGAL | 33 |
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