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The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden

With "A Cypresse Grove": Edited by L. E. Kastner
Drummond, William (1585-1649)

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[xxxviii] Of Nisa.

Nisa Palemons Wife him weeping told,
Hee kept not Grammer Rules, now beeing old:
For why (quoth shee) Position false make yee,
Putting a short thing where a long should bee.
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