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... with devoute corà ge , 1 Sweet . 2 Root . 8 To keep . 3 Such . 9 Holidays . 4 Run . 5 Them . 10 Known . 11 Go . 12 6 Their . 7 Inclination . 12 Sick . At night was come into that hostelrie Wel nine and A. D. 1328-1400 . 29 CHAUCER .
... with devoute corà ge , 1 Sweet . 2 Root . 8 To keep . 3 Such . 9 Holidays . 4 Run . 5 Them . 10 Known . 11 Go . 12 6 Their . 7 Inclination . 12 Sick . At night was come into that hostelrie Wel nine and A. D. 1328-1400 . 29 CHAUCER .
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... sweet place returns a taste full sour . The large green courts , where we were wont to hove , With eyes upcast unto the maiden's tower , And easy sighs , such as folk draw in love . The stately seats , the ladies bright of hue , The ...
... sweet place returns a taste full sour . The large green courts , where we were wont to hove , With eyes upcast unto the maiden's tower , And easy sighs , such as folk draw in love . The stately seats , the ladies bright of hue , The ...
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... Sweet . 2 Mate . 3 Mingles . 4 Destruction . 25. THOMAS , LORD VAUX . ( Manual , p . 70. ) UPON HIS WHITE HAIRS . These hairs of age are messengers Which bid me fast repent and pray ; They be of death the harbingers , That doth prepare ...
... Sweet . 2 Mate . 3 Mingles . 4 Destruction . 25. THOMAS , LORD VAUX . ( Manual , p . 70. ) UPON HIS WHITE HAIRS . These hairs of age are messengers Which bid me fast repent and pray ; They be of death the harbingers , That doth prepare ...
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His lady's away with another mate , So we shall make our dinner sweet ; Our dinner's sure , our feasting free , Come , and dine by the greenwood tree . Ye shalt sit on his white hause - bane , 1 I will pick out his bony blue een ; Ye'll ...
His lady's away with another mate , So we shall make our dinner sweet ; Our dinner's sure , our feasting free , Come , and dine by the greenwood tree . Ye shalt sit on his white hause - bane , 1 I will pick out his bony blue een ; Ye'll ...
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... sweet aspect both God and man can move , In her unspotted pleasures to delight . Dark is my day , whiles her fair light I miss , And dead my life , that wants such lively bliss . 1 Dove . 2 Hover , or stay . 44. SIR PHILIP SYDNEY . 1554 ...
... sweet aspect both God and man can move , In her unspotted pleasures to delight . Dark is my day , whiles her fair light I miss , And dead my life , that wants such lively bliss . 1 Dove . 2 Hover , or stay . 44. SIR PHILIP SYDNEY . 1554 ...
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