The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson Times Books, 2004 - 703 pages |
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Page 62
... Fair and fair , and twice so fair , As fair as any may be ; The fairest shepherd on our green , A Love for any lady . ' LOVE IN MY BOSOM LIKE A BEE ' LOVE in my bosom like a bee Doth suck his sweet ; Now with his wings he plays with me ...
... Fair and fair , and twice so fair , As fair as any may be ; The fairest shepherd on our green , A Love for any lady . ' LOVE IN MY BOSOM LIKE A BEE ' LOVE in my bosom like a bee Doth suck his sweet ; Now with his wings he plays with me ...
Page 99
... fair , for all thy red and white , For all those rosy ornaments in thee . ' ROSE - CHEEKED LAURA , COME ' ROSE ... fair nor sweet , unless thou pity me . I will not soothe thy fancies . Thou shalt prove That beauty is no beauty without ...
... fair , for all thy red and white , For all those rosy ornaments in thee . ' ROSE - CHEEKED LAURA , COME ' ROSE ... fair nor sweet , unless thou pity me . I will not soothe thy fancies . Thou shalt prove That beauty is no beauty without ...
Page 277
... fair ! O Helen chaste ! If I were with thee , I were blest , Where thou lies low , and takes thy rest , On fair Kirconnell Lee . I wish my grave were growing green , A winding sheet drawn ower my een , And I in Helen's arms lying , On fair ...
... fair ! O Helen chaste ! If I were with thee , I were blest , Where thou lies low , and takes thy rest , On fair Kirconnell Lee . I wish my grave were growing green , A winding sheet drawn ower my een , And I in Helen's arms lying , On fair ...
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