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8.
[I will not soare aloft the skye]
I will not soare aloft the skye
With Icarus so farr frō ground
Least that ye Sunn my winges do [fry]
and fallinge downe wth him be dround
The middle Region will I keepe
when others wake secure to sleepe.
With Icarus so farr frō ground
Least that ye Sunn my winges do [fry]
and fallinge downe wth him be dround
The middle Region will I keepe
when others wake secure to sleepe.
And as high flights ile not attempt
So neither will I fly so lowe
to be a marke for base contempt
to shoote and hitt me with his Bowe.
If yt he striue to shoote so hie
his Bowe about his eares shall flie.
So neither will I fly so lowe
to be a marke for base contempt
to shoote and hitt me with his Bowe.
If yt he striue to shoote so hie
his Bowe about his eares shall flie.
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Lowe shrubbs ye silly beastes do cropp:
high trees great tempests do thē crack
The meane growe[n] tree wth slend[er] topp
is free from beastes & tempests wrack
Neither base nor treble will I singe
the Meane is still ye sweetest stringe.
high trees great tempests do thē crack
The meane growe[n] tree wth slend[er] topp
is free from beastes & tempests wrack
Neither base nor treble will I singe
the Meane is still ye sweetest stringe.
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