The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton For the First Time Collected and Edited: With Memorial-Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Glossarial Index, Facsimilies, &c. By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In Two Volumes |
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3. I and U.
1617, Oct. 17.
A placed alone is but an idle worde.
E parce E, spells nothinge but it selfe;
I yet alone, maie lovely thoughtes afoorde:
but O, alas, dothe plaie the frowarde elfe:
to prove the Reason of this Riddle true:
not A, nor E, nor O, but I and yow.
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