The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... thou must write the poesy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the sun pass through't twice a year , The sun ... thou not found each woman's breast ( The land where thou hast travelled ) Either by savages possest , Or wild , and ...
... thou must write the poesy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the sun pass through't twice a year , The sun ... thou not found each woman's breast ( The land where thou hast travelled ) Either by savages possest , Or wild , and ...
Page 18
... thou intend By candle's end , And hold the contrast thus in doubt , Life's taper out ? Think but how soon the market fails , Your sex lives faster than the males , And if to measure age's span , The sober Julian were th ' account of man ...
... thou intend By candle's end , And hold the contrast thus in doubt , Life's taper out ? Think but how soon the market fails , Your sex lives faster than the males , And if to measure age's span , The sober Julian were th ' account of man ...
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... thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's Heart , a Hand Grenado . Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same room ; " Twill tear and blow up all within . Like a grenado shot into a magazin ...
... thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's Heart , a Hand Grenado . Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same room ; " Twill tear and blow up all within . Like a grenado shot into a magazin ...
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... Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by Nature's hand : And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus ...
... Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by Nature's hand : And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus ...
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... Thou with strange adultery Dost in each breast a brothel keep ; Awake all men do lust for thee , And some enjoy thee when they sleep . The true Taste of Tears . Hither with crystal vials , lovers , come , And take my tears , which are ...
... Thou with strange adultery Dost in each breast a brothel keep ; Awake all men do lust for thee , And some enjoy thee when they sleep . The true Taste of Tears . Hither with crystal vials , lovers , come , And take my tears , which are ...
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