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The Whole Works of William Browne

of Tavistock ... Now first collected and edited, with a memoir of the poet, and notes, by W. Carew Hazlitt, of the Inner Temple
Browne, William (1590- ca. 1645)

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THE FIRST VOLUME, THE SECOND VOLUME.
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Britannia's PASTORALS.
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THE SHEPHEARDS PIPE.
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THE INNER TEMPLE MASQUE.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
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I. Love Poems.
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II. Odes, Songs, and Sonnets.
  
An Ode.
  
A ROUNDE.
  
[Vnhappy Muse, that nothing pleasest me]
  
THIRSIS' PRAISE OF HIS MISTRESSE.
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CŒLIA.
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III. Epistles.
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IV. Elegies.
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V. Visions.
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VI. Epigrams.
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VII. Epitaphs.
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VIII. Paraphrases, &c.
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IX. Miscellaneous Pieces.
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X. Commendatory Verses.

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[Fair Laurell, that the onelye witnes art]

Fair Laurell, that the onelye witnes art
To that discourse, which vnderneath thy shade
Our griefe swolne brests did lovinglie impart,
With vowes as true as ere Religion made:
If (forced by our sighs) the flame shall fly
Of our kinde Love, and get within thy rind,
Be warye, gentle Baye, & shrieke not hye,
When thou dost such vnusual feruor finde;
Suppresse the fire; for should it take thy leaues,
Their crackling would betraye vs, & thy glorye
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(Honors faire symbole) dyes; Thy trunke receiues
But heate sufficient for our future story.
And when our sad misfortunes vanquish'd lye,
Imbrace our fronts in signe of memorie.
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