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... soft and red ; But , sikerly , she hadde a faire forehed , - It was almost a spanne brode I trowe ; For hardily she was not undergrowe . Ful fetise was hire cloke , as I was ware . Of smale corall , about hire arm , she bare A pair of ...
... soft and red ; But , sikerly , she hadde a faire forehed , - It was almost a spanne brode I trowe ; For hardily she was not undergrowe . Ful fetise was hire cloke , as I was ware . Of smale corall , about hire arm , she bare A pair of ...
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... soft trembling voices made To th ' instruments divine respondence meet : The silver sounding instruments did meet With the base murmurs of the water's fall : The water's fall with difference discreet , Now soft , now loud , unto the ...
... soft trembling voices made To th ' instruments divine respondence meet : The silver sounding instruments did meet With the base murmurs of the water's fall : The water's fall with difference discreet , Now soft , now loud , unto the ...
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... soft , as if his case she rued . The while , some one did chaunt this lovely lay ; " Ah see , whose fair thing dost fain to see , In springing flower the image of thy day ; Ah see the virgin rose , how sweetly she Doth first peep forth ...
... soft , as if his case she rued . The while , some one did chaunt this lovely lay ; " Ah see , whose fair thing dost fain to see , In springing flower the image of thy day ; Ah see the virgin rose , how sweetly she Doth first peep forth ...
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... soft Lydian airs , Married to immortal verse , Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out , With wanton heed , and giddy cunning , The melting voice through mazes running ...
... soft Lydian airs , Married to immortal verse , Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out , With wanton heed , and giddy cunning , The melting voice through mazes running ...
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... soft lays . As killing as the canker to the rose , Or taint - worm to the weanling herds that graze , Or frost to flowers , that their gay wardrobe wear , When first the white - thorn blows ; Such , Lycidas , thy loss to shepherd's ear ...
... soft lays . As killing as the canker to the rose , Or taint - worm to the weanling herds that graze , Or frost to flowers , that their gay wardrobe wear , When first the white - thorn blows ; Such , Lycidas , thy loss to shepherd's ear ...
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