 Forty times over let Michaelmas pass, Grizzling hair the brain doth clear — Then you know a boy is an ass, Then you know the worth of a lass, Once you have come to Forty Year. Pledge me round, I bid ye declare, All good fellows whose beards are...  Poems - Page 75by George Lunt - 1883 - 285 pagesFull view - About this book
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...boy is an ass, Then you know the worth of a lass, Once you have come to forty year. Pledge me round, I bid ye declare, All good fellows whose beards are...the fair Common grow and wearisome, ere Ever a month was past away ? The reddest lips that ever have kissed, The brightest eyes that ever have shone, May... | |
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...have come to forty year. Pledge me round, I bid ye declare, All good fellows whose beards are grey; Did not the fairest of the fair Common grow and wearisome, ere Ever a month was past away ? The reddest lips that ever have kissed, The brightest eyes that ever have shone, May... | |
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...have come to furty year. Pledge me round, I bid ye declare, All good fellows whose beards are grey : Did not the fairest of the fair Common grow and wearisome, ere Ever a month was past away ? The reddest lips that ever have kissed, The brightest eyes that ever have shone, May... | |
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...have come to forty year. Pledge me round, I bid ye declare, All good fellows whose beards are grey ; Did not the fairest of the fair Common grow and wearisome, ere Ever a month was pass'd away ? The reddest lips that ever have kiss'd, The brightest eyes that ever have shone,... | |
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...boy is an ass, Then you know the worth of a lass, Once you have come to Forty Year. Pledge me round, I bid ye declare, All good fellows whose beards are...the fair Common grow and wearisome ere Ever a month was passed away ? May pray and whisper, and we not list, Or look away, and never be missed, Ere yet... | |
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