The Oxford Library of English Poetry, Volume 1John Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 443 pages |
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Page 104
John Wain. Presents more woful pageants than the scene Wherein we play in . Jaques . All the world's a stage , And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many ...
John Wain. Presents more woful pageants than the scene Wherein we play in . Jaques . All the world's a stage , And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many ...
Page 151
... play , boy , play ; thy mother plays , and I Play too , but so disgrac'd a part , whose issue Will hiss me to my grave : contempt and clamour Will be my knell . Go play , boy , play . There have been , Or I am much deceiv'd , cuckolds ...
... play , boy , play ; thy mother plays , and I Play too , but so disgrac'd a part , whose issue Will hiss me to my grave : contempt and clamour Will be my knell . Go play , boy , play . There have been , Or I am much deceiv'd , cuckolds ...
Page 199
... play's praise , Plays were not so like Courts , as Courts are like plays . Then let us at these mimic antics jest , Whose deepest projects , and egregious gests Are but dull Morals of a game at Chests . But now ' tis incongruity to ...
... play's praise , Plays were not so like Courts , as Courts are like plays . Then let us at these mimic antics jest , Whose deepest projects , and egregious gests Are but dull Morals of a game at Chests . But now ' tis incongruity to ...
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EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 1 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
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