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... gave it , may be term'd her owne : ' Tis chastitie , my brother , chastitie : She that has that , is clad in compleat steele , And like a quiver'd nymph with arrowes keene May trace huge forrests , and unharbour'd heaths Infamous hills ...
... gave it , may be term'd her owne : ' Tis chastitie , my brother , chastitie : She that has that , is clad in compleat steele , And like a quiver'd nymph with arrowes keene May trace huge forrests , and unharbour'd heaths Infamous hills ...
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... Gave respit to the drowsie frighted steeds That draw the litter of close - curtain'd sleepe . At last a soft , and solemne breathing sound Rose like a steame of rich distill'd Perfumes And stole upon the aire , that even Silence Was ...
... Gave respit to the drowsie frighted steeds That draw the litter of close - curtain'd sleepe . At last a soft , and solemne breathing sound Rose like a steame of rich distill'd Perfumes And stole upon the aire , that even Silence Was ...
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... gave me brother ? ELD . BRO . Yes , and keep it still , Leane on it safely , not a period Shall be unsaid for me ; against the threats Of malice or of sorcerie , or that power Which erring men call Chance , this I hold firme , Vertue ...
... gave me brother ? ELD . BRO . Yes , and keep it still , Leane on it safely , not a period Shall be unsaid for me ; against the threats Of malice or of sorcerie , or that power Which erring men call Chance , this I hold firme , Vertue ...
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... gave , He call'd it Hæmony , and gave it me And bad me keepe it as of soveraine use ' Gainst all inchantments , mildew blast , or damp Or gastly furies apparition ; I purs't it up , but little reck'ning made Till now that this extremity ...
... gave , He call'd it Hæmony , and gave it me And bad me keepe it as of soveraine use ' Gainst all inchantments , mildew blast , or damp Or gastly furies apparition ; I purs't it up , but little reck'ning made Till now that this extremity ...
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... Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove borne Helena Is of such power to stirre up joy as this , To life so friendly , or so coole to thirst . COMUS A Maske COMUS A Maske Why should you be so cruell to 19.
... Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove borne Helena Is of such power to stirre up joy as this , To life so friendly , or so coole to thirst . COMUS A Maske COMUS A Maske Why should you be so cruell to 19.
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Page 3 - Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his owne
Page 10 - Would sit, and hearken even to extasie, And in requitall ope his leather'n scrip, And shew me simples of a thousand names Telling their strange, and vigorous faculties, Amongst the rest a small unsightly root, But of divine effect, he cull'd me out; The leafe was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another
Page 15 - Of this pure cause would kindle my rap't spirits To such a flame of sacred vehemence, That dumb things would be mov'd to sympathize, And the brute Earth would lend her nerves, and shake, Till all thy magick structures rear'd so high "Were shatter'd into heaps ore thy false head. COMUS. She fables not, I
Page 12 - and sallow Abstinence. Wherefore did Nature powre her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits, and flocks Thronging the seas with spawne innumerable But all to please, and sate the curious tast? And set to work millions of spinning worms,
Page 13 - would be unthank't, would be unprais'd, Not hälfe his riches known, and yet despis'd, And we should serve him as a grudging master, As a penurious niggard of his wealth, And live like Natures bastards, not her sons, "Who would be quite surcharg'd with her own weight, And strangl'd with her wast fertilitie;
Page 4 - To save her blossoms, and defend her fruit From the rash hand of bold Incontinence. You may as well spread out the unsun'd heaps Of misers treasure by an outlaws den And tell me it is safe, as bid me hope Danger will winke on opportunitie And let a single