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... shell , By slow Meander's margent green , And in the violet embroider'd vale , Where the love - born nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well ; Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That 16 YOUNG LADY'S.
... shell , By slow Meander's margent green , And in the violet embroider'd vale , Where the love - born nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well ; Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That 16 YOUNG LADY'S.
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Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are ? O if thou have Hid them in some flow'ry cave , Tell me but where , Sweet queen of Parly , daughter of the sphere , So may'st thou be translated to the skies , And ...
Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are ? O if thou have Hid them in some flow'ry cave , Tell me but where , Sweet queen of Parly , daughter of the sphere , So may'st thou be translated to the skies , And ...
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SLEEP . O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eye - lids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why rather , sleep , liest thou in smoky cribs , Upon uneasy pallets ...
SLEEP . O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eye - lids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why rather , sleep , liest thou in smoky cribs , Upon uneasy pallets ...
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... gently warbling wind lowe answering to all , SPENSER . SONG . Go , lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time , and me , That now she knows , When I resemble her to thee , How sweet and fair she seems to be . Tell her that's young ...
... gently warbling wind lowe answering to all , SPENSER . SONG . Go , lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time , and me , That now she knows , When I resemble her to thee , How sweet and fair she seems to be . Tell her that's young ...
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... gentle , yet not dull Strong without rage , without o'erflowing full . Heav'n her Eridanus no more shall boast , Whose fame in thine , like lesser current , ' s lost . Thy nobler streams shall visit Jove's abodes , To shine among the ...
... gentle , yet not dull Strong without rage , without o'erflowing full . Heav'n her Eridanus no more shall boast , Whose fame in thine , like lesser current , ' s lost . Thy nobler streams shall visit Jove's abodes , To shine among the ...
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