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The Poetical Works of William Shakespeare and the Earl of Surrey
The Poetical Works of William Shakespeare and the Earl of Surrey Author:William Shakespeare General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1856 Original Publisher: J. Nichol Subjects: Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When yo... more »u buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: MISCELLANEOUS. A LOVER'S COMPLAINT. 1 Feom off a hill whose concave womb re-worded1 A plaintful story from a sistering vale, My spirits to attend this double voice accorded, And down I lay to list the sad-tuned tale : Ere long espied a fickle maid full pale, Tearing of papers, breaking rings a-twain, Storming her world with sorrow's wind and rain. 2 Upon her head a platted hive of straw, Which fortified her visage from the sun, Whereon the thought might think sometime it saw The carcase of a beauty spent and done. Time had not scythed all that youth begun, Nor youth all quit; but, spite of Heaven's fell rage, Some beauty peep'd through lattice of sear'd age. 3 Oft did she heave her napkin to her eyne, Which on it had conceited 2 characters, Laund'ring3 the silken figures in the brine That season'd woe had pelleted4 in tears, And often reading what contents it bears ; As often shrieking undistinguish'd woe, In clamours of all size, both high and low. 1' Re-worded :' echoed. -- 2' Conceited:' fanciful. -- ' ' Laund'ring:' washing. -- ' Pelleted:' made into pellets. 4 Sometimes her levell'd eyes their carriage ride, As they did battery to the spheres intend ; Sometime diverted their poor balls are tied To the orbed earth : sometimes they do extend Their view right on ; anon their gazes lend To every place at once, and nowhere fix'd, The mind and sight distractedly commix'd. 5 Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat, Proclaim'd in ...« less