John Lyly

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  • 1.
    WHAT bird so sings, yet so does wail?
    O 'tis the ravish'd nightingale.
    Jug, jug, jug, jug, tereu! she cries,
    And still her woes at midnight rise.
    ...
  • 2.
    What bird so sings, yet so does wail?
    O 'tis the ravish'd nightingale.
    Jug, jug, jug, jug, tereu! she cries,
    And still her woes at midnight rise.
    ...
  • 3.
    What bird so sings, yet so does wail?
    Oh, 'tis the ravished nightingale.
    Jug, jug, jug, jug, tereu, she cries,
    And still her woes at midnight rise.
    ...
  • 4.
    What bird so sings, yet so does wail?
    O 'tis the ravish'd nightingale.
    Jug, jug, jug, jug, tereu! she cries,
    And still her woes at midnight rise.
    ...
Total 4 Clear Poems by John Lyly

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