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... hand , But came the tyde , and made my paines his pray . Vaine man , said she , that doost in vaine assay , 5 A mortal thing fo to immortalize , For I myselfe shall like to this decay , And eke my name be wiped out likewise . Not fo ...
... hand , But came the tyde , and made my paines his pray . Vaine man , said she , that doost in vaine assay , 5 A mortal thing fo to immortalize , For I myselfe shall like to this decay , And eke my name be wiped out likewise . Not fo ...
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... hands from flimy neft The bedded fish in banks out - wrest , Or curious traitors , fleave filke flies , Bewitch poore fishes wandring eyes : For thee , thou needst no fuch deceit , For thou thy felfe art thine owne baite ; That fish ...
... hands from flimy neft The bedded fish in banks out - wrest , Or curious traitors , fleave filke flies , Bewitch poore fishes wandring eyes : For thee , thou needst no fuch deceit , For thou thy felfe art thine owne baite ; That fish ...
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... hand , who would not tremble too ? Here Love takes ftand , and , while fhe charms the ear , Empties his quiver on the listening deer : Mufic fo foftens and difarms the minde , That not an arrow does refiftance finde . Thus the fair ...
... hand , who would not tremble too ? Here Love takes ftand , and , while fhe charms the ear , Empties his quiver on the listening deer : Mufic fo foftens and difarms the minde , That not an arrow does refiftance finde . Thus the fair ...
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... hand ! that can on virgin - paper write , Yet from the stain of ink preserve it white ; Whofe travel o're that filver field does fhow Like track of leveretts in morning fnow . Love's image thus in pureft minds is wrought , 5 Without a ...
... hand ! that can on virgin - paper write , Yet from the stain of ink preserve it white ; Whofe travel o're that filver field does fhow Like track of leveretts in morning fnow . Love's image thus in pureft minds is wrought , 5 Without a ...
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... hand lead with thee 35 The mountain nymph , fweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due , Mirth , admit me of thy crue , To live with her , and live with thee , In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight , And ...
... hand lead with thee 35 The mountain nymph , fweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due , Mirth , admit me of thy crue , To live with her , and live with thee , In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight , And ...
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Common terms and phrases
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