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A20836 Poems: by Michaell Draiton Esquire; Poems. Selected poems Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631. 1605 (1605) STC 7216; ESTC S109891 212,490 500

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kill_v i_o each_o hour_n only_o to_o show_v her_o beauty_n sovereign_a power_n sonnet_n 51._o call_v mind_n since_o first_o my_o love_n begin_v th'incertaine_a time_n oft_o vary_v in_o their_o course_n how_o thing_n still_o unexpected_o have_v run_v as_o please_v the_o fate_n by_o their_o resistless_a force_n last_o my_o eye_n amazedly_z have_v see_v essex_n great_a fall_n tyrove_v his_o peace_n to_o gain_v the_o quiet_a end_n of_o that_o long-living_a queen_n this_o king_n fair_a entrance_n and_o our_o peace_n with_o spain_n we_o and_o the_o dutch_a at_o length_n ourselves_o to_o sever_v thus_o the_o world_n do_v and_o evermore_o shall_v reel_v yet_o to_o my_o goddess_n be_o i_o constant_a ever_o how_o ere_o blind_a fortune_n turn_v her_o giddy_a wheel_n though_o heaven_n &_o earth_n prove_v both_o to_o i_o untrue_a yet_o be_o i_o still_o inviolate_a to_o you_o a_o alusion_n to_o dedalus_n and_o icarus_n sonnet_n 52._o my_o heart_n imprison_v in_o a_o hopeless_a i_o will_v people_v 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the_o incense_n which_o i_o offer_v here_o by_o my_o strong_a faith_n ascend_v to_o thy_o fame_n my_o zeal_n my_o hope_n my_o vow_n my_o praise_n my_o prayer_n my_o soul_n oblation_n to_o thy_o sacred_a name_n which_o name_n my_o muse_n to_o high_a heaven_n shall_v raise_v by_o chaste_a desire_n true_a love_n and_o virtue_n praise_n sonnet_n 55._o my_o fair_a if_o thou_o will_v register_v my_o love_n more_o than_o world_n volume_n shall_v thereof_o arise_v preserve_v my_o tear_n and_o thou_o thyself_o shall_v prove_v a_o second_o flood_n down_o rain_v from_o my_o eye_n note_v but_o my_o sigh_n and_o thy_o eye_n shall_v behold_v the_o sunbeam_n smother_v with_o immortal_a smoke_n and_o if_o by_o thou_o my_o prayer_n may_v be_v enrol_v they_o heaven_n and_o earth_n to_o pity_n shall_v provoke_v look_v thou_o into_o my_o breast_n and_o thou_o shall_v see_v chaste_a holy_a vow_n for_o my_o soul_n sacrifice_n that_o soul_n sweet_a maid_n which_o so_o have_v honour_v thou_o erect_v trophy_n 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