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" is won with a world of despair, And is lost with a toy: Of women-kind such indeed is the love, Or the word love abused ; Under which many childish desires And conceits are excused : But true love is a durable "
The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: Miscellaneous works - Page 700
by Sir Walter Raleigh - 1829
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1912 - 1102 pages
...never fast. His desire is a dureless content, And a trustless joy ; He is won with a world of despair, Of womenkind such indeed is the love, Or the word...many childish desires And conceits are excused. But No But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never dead, never cold, From...
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The Works of Thomas Deloney

Thomas Deloney - English literature - 1912 - 652 pages
...is deaf, when he list, and in faith neuer fast. His desire is fickle, fond, and a trustlesse ioy: He is won with a world of despair, and is lost with a toy. Such is the loue of Women kind, or the word (Loue) abused: Vnder which many childish desires, and conceits...
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Edmund Spenser and the Impersonations of Francis Bacon

Edward George Harman - Biography & Autobiography - 1914 - 632 pages
...deaf when he list, And in faith never fast. His desire is a dureless content, And a trustless joy ; He is won with a world of despair, And is lost with a...And conceits are excused. But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning. SR. WR...
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English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson

Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 858 pages
...content, And a trustless joy; He is won with a world of despair 35 And is lost with a toy. Of womankind such indeed is the love, Or the word love abused,...which many childish desires And conceits are excused. 40 But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From...
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English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson

Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 854 pages
...content, And a trustless joy; He is won with a world of despair 35 And is lost with a toy. Of womankind such indeed is the love, Or the word love abused,...which many childish desires And conceits are excused. 40 From itself never turning. LINES WRITTEN THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS DEATH 1 Even such is tune, that takes...
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1918 - 1116 pages
...content, And a trustless joy; He is won with a world of despair, Of womenkind such indeed is the lore, Or the word love abused, Under which many childish...And conceits are excused. But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never dead, never cold, From itself never turning. 27....
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Studies in Literature

Arthur Quiller-Couch - English literature - 1918 - 350 pages
...deaf when he list, And in faith never fast. His desire is a dureless content And a trustless joy ; He is won with a world of despair And is lost with a toy. • • • • • But true love is a durable fire In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old,...
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Studies in Literature (first Series)

Arthur Quiller-Couch - English literature - 1924 - 324 pages
...deaf when he list, And in faith never fast. His desire is a dureless content And a trustless joy; He is won with a world of despair And is lost with a toy. But true love is a durable fire In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself...
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Chalk Face

Waldo David Frank - Detective and mystery stories - 1924 - 262 pages
...deaf when he list, And in faith never fast. His desire is a dureless content, And a trustless joy; He is won with a world of despair, And is lost with a toy ..." Singing her mediseval tune, she is one with it, and one with the silver strings that leap from...
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The English Ballad: A Short Critical Survey

Robert Graves - Ballads, English - 1927 - 148 pages
...when he list, And in faith never fast. His desire is a dureless 1 content, And a trustless joy; He is won with a world of despair, And is lost with a...And conceits are excused. But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never dead, never cold, From itself never turning. 1 not...
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