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... mind , Than beauty brought t'unworthy wretchedness , Through envy's snares , or fortune's freaks unkind . I , whether lately through her brightness blind , Or through allegiance and fast feƤlty , Which I do owe unto all womankind , Feel ...
... mind , Than beauty brought t'unworthy wretchedness , Through envy's snares , or fortune's freaks unkind . I , whether lately through her brightness blind , Or through allegiance and fast feƤlty , Which I do owe unto all womankind , Feel ...
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... mind to careless ease . Careless the man soon woxe , and his weak wit Was overcome of thing that did him please : So pleased , did his wrathful purpose fair appease Thus when she had his eyes and senses fed With false delights , and ...
... mind to careless ease . Careless the man soon woxe , and his weak wit Was overcome of thing that did him please : So pleased , did his wrathful purpose fair appease Thus when she had his eyes and senses fed With false delights , and ...
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... mind affect ; But passed forth , and look'd still forward right , Bridling his will , and mastering his might , Till that he came unto another gate ; No gate , but like one , being goodly dight With boughs and branches , which did broad ...
... mind affect ; But passed forth , and look'd still forward right , Bridling his will , and mastering his might , Till that he came unto another gate ; No gate , but like one , being goodly dight With boughs and branches , which did broad ...
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... plight and youth , Outliving beauty's outward , with a mind That doth renew swifter than blood decays ! Or that persuasion could but thus convince me , That WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . 27 Troilus and Cressida, Act iii , sc ii.
... plight and youth , Outliving beauty's outward , with a mind That doth renew swifter than blood decays ! Or that persuasion could but thus convince me , That WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . 27 Troilus and Cressida, Act iii , sc ii.
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... mind and soul Grows wide withal . Perhaps he loves you now : And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch The virtue of his will : but you must fear , His greatness weigh'd , his will is not his own ; For he himself is subject to his birth ...
... mind and soul Grows wide withal . Perhaps he loves you now : And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch The virtue of his will : but you must fear , His greatness weigh'd , his will is not his own ; For he himself is subject to his birth ...
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