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... DESPAIR , WRITTEN BY A LOVER Disdainfully rejected , contrary to former Promises . MUST alledge , and thou canst tell How faithfully I vow'd to ferve : And how thou feem'dft to like me well ; And how thou faidft I did deserve To be thy ...
... DESPAIR , WRITTEN BY A LOVER Disdainfully rejected , contrary to former Promises . MUST alledge , and thou canst tell How faithfully I vow'd to ferve : And how thou feem'dft to like me well ; And how thou faidft I did deserve To be thy ...
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... despair ? Is all thy promise paft and gone ? Is faith fo fled into the air ? If that be fo , what refts for me , But thus , in fong , to say to thee : If Creffid's name were not so known , And written wide on every wall ; If bruit of ...
... despair ? Is all thy promise paft and gone ? Is faith fo fled into the air ? If that be fo , what refts for me , But thus , in fong , to say to thee : If Creffid's name were not so known , And written wide on every wall ; If bruit of ...
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... affection , I rather choose to want relief , Than venture the revealing : Where glory recommends the grief , Despair difdains the healing . Silence in love betrays more woe Than words , though 88 SIR WALTER RALEIGH .
... affection , I rather choose to want relief , Than venture the revealing : Where glory recommends the grief , Despair difdains the healing . Silence in love betrays more woe Than words , though 88 SIR WALTER RALEIGH .
Page 98
... despair , Die because a woman's fair ? Or make pale my cheeks with care , ' Cause another's rofy are ? Be fhe fairer than the day , Or the flowery meads in May . If fhe be not fo for me , What care I how fair fhe be ? Shall my foolish ...
... despair , Die because a woman's fair ? Or make pale my cheeks with care , ' Cause another's rofy are ? Be fhe fairer than the day , Or the flowery meads in May . If fhe be not fo for me , What care I how fair fhe be ? Shall my foolish ...
Page 99
... despair ; If the love me , this believe , I will die e'er she shall grieve ; If the flight me when I woo , I can fcorn and let her go ; If fhe be not fit for me , What care I for whom the be ? : AMARYLLIS I did woo , And I courted ...
... despair ; If the love me , this believe , I will die e'er she shall grieve ; If the flight me when I woo , I can fcorn and let her go ; If fhe be not fit for me , What care I for whom the be ? : AMARYLLIS I did woo , And I courted ...
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