Love, Farewell, and Reply

Silent lovers, false love, nymphs, replies, and Raleigh's bitter courtly love poems.

The Nymph’s Reply To The ShepherdIf all the world and love were young, / And truth in every Shepherd's tongue, / These pretty pleasur

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Her ReplyIf all the world and love were young, / And truth in every shepherd’s tongue, / These pretty pleasur

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The Silent Lover (I)Passions are liken’d best to floods and streams: / The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb; / So,

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A Farewell To False LoveFarewell, false love, the oracle of lies, / A mortal foe and enemy to rest, / An envious boy, from w

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Farewell To The CourtLike truthless dreams, so are my joys expir’d, / And past return are all my dandled days; / My love

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Prais’d Be Diana’s Fair And Harmless LightPrais’d be Diana’s fair and harmless light; / Prais’d be the dews wherewith she moists the ground; /

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The Silent Lover (II)Wrong not, sweet empress of my heart, / The merit of true passion, / With thinking that he feels no

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To His Love When He Had Obtained HerNow Serena be not coy, / Since we freely may enjoy / Sweet embraces, such delights, / As will shorte

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End of Love, Farewell, and Reply

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