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... Sorrow proud to be advanced so In those fair eyes where all perfections keep . Her face was full of woe , But such a woe ( believe me ) as wins more hearts Than Mirth can do with her enticing parts . Sorrow was there made fair , And ...
... Sorrow proud to be advanced so In those fair eyes where all perfections keep . Her face was full of woe , But such a woe ( believe me ) as wins more hearts Than Mirth can do with her enticing parts . Sorrow was there made fair , And ...
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... sorrow , and sad pensiveness . Edmund Spenser VII . ALL IS VANITY . WHETHER men do laugh or weep , Whether they do wake or sleep , Whether they die young or old , Whether they feel heat or cold ; There is underneath the sun Nothing in ...
... sorrow , and sad pensiveness . Edmund Spenser VII . ALL IS VANITY . WHETHER men do laugh or weep , Whether they do wake or sleep , Whether they die young or old , Whether they feel heat or cold ; There is underneath the sun Nothing in ...
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... all dishonest deeds , Or thought of vanity ; The man whose silent days In harmless joys are spent , Whom hopes cannot delude Nor sorrow discontent : That man needs neither towers Nor armour for defence , 28 LYRICAL VERSE.
... all dishonest deeds , Or thought of vanity ; The man whose silent days In harmless joys are spent , Whom hopes cannot delude Nor sorrow discontent : That man needs neither towers Nor armour for defence , 28 LYRICAL VERSE.
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... sorrow's fall . Thy gown , thy shoes , thy beds of roses , Thy cap , thy kirtle , and thy posies , Soon break , soon wither , soon forgotten ; In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of straw , and ivy - buds , Thy coral clasps ...
... sorrow's fall . Thy gown , thy shoes , thy beds of roses , Thy cap , thy kirtle , and thy posies , Soon break , soon wither , soon forgotten ; In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of straw , and ivy - buds , Thy coral clasps ...
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... sorrow . Still let me sleep , embracing clouds in vain , And never wake to feel the day's disdain . S. Daniel . LVI . LOVE'S EYE . O ME ! what eyes hath Love put in my head Which have no correspondence with true sight : Or if they have ...
... sorrow . Still let me sleep , embracing clouds in vain , And never wake to feel the day's disdain . S. Daniel . LVI . LOVE'S EYE . O ME ! what eyes hath Love put in my head Which have no correspondence with true sight : Or if they have ...
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auld auld lang syne beauty Ben Jonson birds blest bliss bonnie braes of Yarrow breast breath bright Brignal brow Burns busk canst cold dead dear death delight dost doth dream earth eyes face fair fear flowers frae glory gone grace green grief happy hast hath hear heart heaven Johnnie Cope King kiss leave light live look Lord Byron Love's lover Lycidas lyrical maid maiden Matthew Prior maun mind morning Muse ne'er never night numbers o'er pale passion pity pleasure poem poet reign river Lee Robert Burns Robert Herrick rose Samian wine scorn sigh sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul spirit star sweet tears tell thee There's thine things Thomas Campion Thomas Carew thou art thought tree true Twas verse waves weep William Blake winds wings Wordsworth youth