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" SHALL I, wasting in despair, Die because a woman's fair? Or make pale my cheeks with care 'Cause another's rosy are? Be she fairer than the day, Or the flowery meads in May, If she think not well of me, What care I how fair she be? "
The Lyrics of Ireland - Page 65
edited by - 1858 - 360 pages
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John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the ..., Volume 3

Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 648 pages
...songs of Withers', quoted in Percy's Reliques, " The Steadfast Shepherd," and the one beginning — Shall I, wasting In despair, Die because a woman's...make pale my cheeks with cAre 'Cause another's rosy arc t says: — [AT>. 1603 Be she fairer than the day, Or the flowery meads in May; If she be not so...
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Melodies and Madrigals: Mostly from the Old English Poets

Richard Henry Stoddard - 1866 - 240 pages
...chain me, oh moft fair, Chain me to thee wit/i that hair! PILKINGTON'S MADRIGALS. SHALL I, wafting in despair, Die, because a woman's fair ? Or make...my cheeks with care, 'Cause another's rosy are? Be Jbe fairer than the day, Or the ftowery meads in May, If Jbe be not so to me, What care I how fair...
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Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Specimens of Vers de ...

Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1867 - 376 pages
...Suckling, xxxvui. SHALL I, wasting in despair, Die because a woman's fair ? Or my cheeks make pale with care 'Cause another's rosy are ? Be she fairer...in May — If she be not so to me What care I how fail she be ? Shall my foolish heart be pined 'Cause I see a woman kind ; Or a well disposed nature...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...not look for further recompense. Sh.AsY. i-nI.oWhat's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba. Sh. Httm. n- 2. Shall I, wasting in despair, Die because a woman's...another's rosy are ? Be she fairer than the day, Or the flow'ry meads in May, If she be not so to me, What care I how fair she be ? G . Wither,SIiepherdfsR0.!ioWwr(....
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1867 - 360 pages
...lie, THE MANL Y HEART Shall I, wasting in despair, Die because a woman's fair ? Or my cheeks make pale with care 'Cause another's rosy are ? Be she fairer...than the day Or the flowery meads in May— If she be nojfsS TO me What care F how fair she be * Shall my foolish heart be pined 'Cause I see a woman kind;...
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The King and the Commons: Cavalier and Puritan Song, Volume 1

Henry Morley - 1868 - 282 pages
...can quench in me, This Mind I got, and this my Mind shall be. George Wither. THE MANLY HEART. Ill ALL I, wasting in despair, Die because a woman's fair...pale my cheeks with care, 'Cause another's rosy are P Be she fairer than the day, Or the flowery meads in May, If she be not so to me, What care I how...
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Tom Hood's Comic readings in prose and verse, Volume 1

Thomas Hood - 1869 - 260 pages
...replied Brounker, " I think I have got well out of mine." SHALL I, WASTING IN DESPAIR. GEORGE WITHER. SHALL I wasting in despair, Die because a woman's...another's rosy are ? Be she fairer than the day, Or the flow'ry meads in May, If she be not so to me, What care I how fair she be ? Should my heart be griev'd...
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The Holly and Mistletoe: Beautiful Bouquets, Culled from the Poets ..., Book 2

1869 - 184 pages
...the woods; while bringing Around it hoops of insect things With merry song and dancing wings, JHALL I, wasting in despair, Die because a woman's fair...another's rosy are ? Be she fairer than the day, Or the flow'ry meads in May, If she be not so to me, What care I how fair she be ? Should my heart be grieved...
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Treasury of Choice Quotations

Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...tride : He comes to ncere that comes to be denide.* A Wife. St. 36. GEORGE WITHER! 1588-1667. O HALL I, wasting in despair, *--' Die because a woman's...pale my cheeks with care, 'Cause another's rosy are? * Cf. MONTAGUE, page 202. QUARLES— HERBERT. 121 Be she fairer than the day, Or the flow'ry meads...
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Favourite English poems and poets

English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...pale my cheeks with care 'Cause another's rosie are ? Be she fairer than the day, ( )r the flow'ry meads in May : If she be not so to me, What care I how faire she be ? Shall my foolish heart be pined 'Cause I see a woman kind ? Or a well-disposed nature...
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