A Posie of Gilloflowers eche differing from other in colour and odour, yet all sweete. By Humfrey Gifford |
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A Posie of Gilloflowers | ||
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Hard fortun doth haunt me, by nature estrangedFrom male into female, I often am chaunged.
And where as before I liud well contented,
With prickings and punchings I now am tormented:
Now, more to accomplish their greedy desire,
They cruelly heate mee, and scortch me with fire.
Though badly they vse mee, so milde am I still:
That I yeelde them life that thus doe mee kill.
A Posie of Gilloflowers | ||