The Book of Living Verse: Limited to the Chief PoetsLouis Untermeyer |
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... Sweet spring , full of sweet days and roses , A box where sweets compacted lie ; My music shows ye have your closes , And all must die . 10 Only a sweet and virtuous soul , Like seasoned timber , never gives ; But though the whole world ...
... Sweet spring , full of sweet days and roses , A box where sweets compacted lie ; My music shows ye have your closes , And all must die . 10 Only a sweet and virtuous soul , Like seasoned timber , never gives ; But though the whole world ...
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... sweet musician sung , Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets ... Sweet the pleasure , Sweet is pleasure after pain . CHORUS Bacchus ' blessings are a treasure , Drinking is the soldier's ...
... sweet musician sung , Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets ... Sweet the pleasure , Sweet is pleasure after pain . CHORUS Bacchus ' blessings are a treasure , Drinking is the soldier's ...
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... SWEET AFTON Flow gently , sweet Afton ! among thy green braes , Flow gently , I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream , Flow gently , sweet Afton , disturb not her dream . Thou stock - dove whose ...
... SWEET AFTON Flow gently , sweet Afton ! among thy green braes , Flow gently , I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream , Flow gently , sweet Afton , disturb not her dream . Thou stock - dove whose ...
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OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
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