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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: This gift alone I shall her give: When Death doth what he can, Her honest fame shall ever live Within the mouth of man. JOHN HARINGTON. 1520 1563 ? THE HEART OF STONE. Whence comes my love ? O heart disclose I 'Twas from cheeks that shamed the rose, From lips that spoil the rubies' praise, From eyes that mock the diamonds' blaze. Whence comes my woe? As freely own, Ah me 'twas from a heart like stone. The blushing cheek speaks modest mind, The lips befitting words most kind, The eyes do tempt to love's desire And seem to say?'Tis Cupid's fire: Yet all so fair but speak my moan, Sith nought doth say the heart of stone. Why thus my love so kind bespeak Sweet lip, sweet eye, sweet blushing cheek; Yet not a heart to ease my pain ? O Venus take thy gifts again: Make not so fair to cause our moan, Or make a heart that's like our own I GEORGE GASCOIGNE. 1535-7 i577. THE ARRAIGNMENT OF A LOVER. At Beauty's Bar as I did stand, When False Suspect accused me, George quoth the Judge, ?hold up thy hand Thou art arraign'd of flattery: Tell therefore how thou wilt be tried Whose judgment here wilt thou abide ? My Lord quoth I, ?this Lady here, Whom I esteem above the rest, Doth know my guilt if any were: Wherefore her doom shall please me best. Let her be judge and juror both To try me, guiltless by mine oath Quoth Beauty?No it fitteth not A Prince herself to judge the cause: Will is our Justice, well you wot, Appointed to discuss our laws. If you will guiltless seem to go, God and your country quit you so Then Craft, the crier, call'd a quest, Of whom was Falsehood foremost fere; A pack of pickthanks were the rest, Which came false witness for to bear: The jury such, the judge unju...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217469241 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217469248 |
| Weight | 1.11 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.76 In |
| List Price | $16.67 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 342 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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