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Was never eie did see that face, Was never eare did heare that tong, Was never minde did minde his grace, That ever thought the travell long; But eies and eares and ev'ry thought Were with his sweete perfections caught.
Was never eie did see that face, Was never eare did heare that tong, Was never minde did minde his grace, That ever thought the travell long; But eies and eares and ev'ry thought Were with his sweete perfections caught.
Approximate author period: c. 1586 AD · renaissance
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- Mathew Roydon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1586 AD · renaissance
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
An Elegie; or Friend's Passion for his Astrophill.
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