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... sever : Keep therefore a true woman's eye , And love me still , but know not why ; So hast thou the same reason still % To doat upon me ever . 1609 Edition . 2 . MATTHEW ARNOLD . The Forsaken Merman . COME ANONYMOUS Madrigal.
... sever : Keep therefore a true woman's eye , And love me still , but know not why ; So hast thou the same reason still % To doat upon me ever . 1609 Edition . 2 . MATTHEW ARNOLD . The Forsaken Merman . COME ANONYMOUS Madrigal.
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... hast now put on , To make believe , that Thou art gone ? I see these locks in silvery slips , This drooping gait , this altered size : But springtide blossoms on thy lips , And tears take sunshine from thine eyes ! Life is but thought ...
... hast now put on , To make believe , that Thou art gone ? I see these locks in silvery slips , This drooping gait , this altered size : But springtide blossoms on thy lips , And tears take sunshine from thine eyes ! Life is but thought ...
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... E'en death , to die for thee . 6. Thou art my life , my love , my heart , The very eyes of me : And hast command of every part , To live and die for thee . Grosart's Text . 35 . THOMAS HOOD . The Death Bed . WE ROBERT HERRICK . 65.
... E'en death , to die for thee . 6. Thou art my life , my love , my heart , The very eyes of me : And hast command of every part , To live and die for thee . Grosart's Text . 35 . THOMAS HOOD . The Death Bed . WE ROBERT HERRICK . 65.
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... hast never known , The weariness , the fever , and the fret Here , where men sit and hear each other groan ; Where palsy shakes a few , sad , last gray hairs , Where youth grows pale , and spectre - thin , and dies ; Where but to think ...
... hast never known , The weariness , the fever , and the fret Here , where men sit and hear each other groan ; Where palsy shakes a few , sad , last gray hairs , Where youth grows pale , and spectre - thin , and dies ; Where but to think ...
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... never , never canst thou kiss , Though winning near the goal — yet , do not grieve ; She cannot fade , though thou hast not thy bliss , For ever wilt thou love , and she be fair ! 3 . Ah , happy , happy boughs ! that JOHN KEATS . 81.
... never , never canst thou kiss , Though winning near the goal — yet , do not grieve ; She cannot fade , though thou hast not thy bliss , For ever wilt thou love , and she be fair ! 3 . Ah , happy , happy boughs ! that JOHN KEATS . 81.
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