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...bright As Love's star when it riseth ! Do but mark, her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her ; And from her arched brows, such a grace Sheds itself...All the gain, all the good of the elements' strife. Have you seen but a bright lily grow Before rude hands have touched it? Have you marked but the fall...

...bright As Love's star when it riseth ! Do but mark, her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her ; And from her arched brows, such a grace Sheds itself...All the gain, all the good of the elements' strife. Have you seen but a bright lily grow Before rude hands have touched it? Have you marked but the fall...

...doves, Supposing her the queen of loves That was thy mistress, best of gloves. MY LOVE. HAVE you seen a bright lily grow Before rude hands have touched...Have you marked but the fall of snow Before the soil have smutched it ? Have you felt the wool of the beaver Or swan's down ever ? Or have smelt o' the...

...As Love's star when it riseth ! Do but mark — her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her ! And from her arched brows such a grace Sheds itself...All the gain, all the good, of the elements' strife. Have you seen but a bright lily grow, Before rude hands have touched it ? Have you marked but the fall...

...bright As Love's star when it riseth ! Do but mark, her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her! he green ; Around the world each needful product flies,...luxuries the world supplies. While thus the land adorned Have you seen but a bright lily grow, Before mile hands have touched it T Have yon marked but the fall...

...ardour and the passion, Gives the lover weight and fashion. (1. 1-12) JCP; PoEL-2; QFR; SeCP; SeCV-1 2 ON; FaPoR; FF; FPL; GN; NOBA; OBAL; OBCA; PAH; PoLF; TrGrPo touch'd it? Have you mark'd but the fall of the snow Before the soil hath smutch'd it? Have you felt...

...up and down, scratches branches against our windows. Her high heels click down the hall; she sings, "Have you seen but a bright lily grow, before rude hands have touched it?" I reach up, grab his nose, then squirm, turn around, get on my knees, put my arms around his neck....

...(echoes of Chaucer's line "Subdue thyself, and others thee shall hear" follow the passage, of Jonson's "Have you seen but a bright lily grow, / Before rude hands have touched it?" precede it) does not yield this interpretation easily, either to the reader or, more significantly,...

...mark, her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her! And from her arched brows, such a grace I00 Sheds itself through the face, As alone there triumphs...All the gain, all the good, of the elements' strife ! Have you seen but a bright lily grow Before rude hands have touched it? 105 Have you marked but the...