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Quotes by Thomas Percy

Where gripinge grefes the hart wounde, And dolefulle dumps the mynde oppresse, There music with her silver sound With spede is wont to send redresse.

Thomas Percy (1728 - 1811)
Source: A Song to the Lute in Musicke.
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"What is thy name, faire maid?" quoth he. "Penelophon, O King!" quoth she.

Thomas Percy (1728 - 1811)
Source: King Cophetua and the Beggar-maid.
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Weep no more, lady, weep no more, Thy sorrowe is in vaine; For violets pluckt, the sweetest showers Will ne'er make grow againe.

Thomas Percy (1728 - 1811)
Source: The Friar of Orders Gray.
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We 'll shine in more substantial honours, And to be noble we 'll be good.

Thomas Percy (1728 - 1811)
Source: Winifreda (1720).
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The blinded boy that shootes so trim, From heaven downe did hie.

Thomas Percy (1728 - 1811)
Source: King Cophetua and the Beggar-maid.
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Shall I bid her goe? What if I doe? Shall I bid her goe and spare not? Oh no, no, no! I dare not.

Thomas Percy (1728 - 1811)
Source: Corydon's Farewell to Phillis.
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O Lady, he is dead and gone! Lady, he 's dead and gone! And at his head a green grass turfe, And at his heels a stone.

Thomas Percy (1728 - 1811)
Source: The Friar of Orders Gray.
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Late, late yestreen I saw the new moone, Wi' the auld moon in hir arme.

Thomas Percy (1728 - 1811)
Source: Sir Patrick Spens.
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King Stephen was a worthy peere, His breeches cost him but a croune; He held them sixpence all too deere, Therefore he call'd the taylor loune. He was a wight of high renowne, And those but of a low degree; Itt 's pride that putts the countrye doune, Then take thine old cloake about thee.

Thomas Percy (1728 - 1811)
Source: Take thy old Cloak about Thee.
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I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm.

Thomas Percy (1728 - 1811)
Source: Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.
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