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...field to fold, When rivers rage and rocks grow cold, And Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields, To wayward winter reckoning yields; 10 A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy...

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...field to fold; When rivers rage and rocks grow cold; And Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton...spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kittle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither— soon forgotten, In folly...

...way to winter and that things which sound deceptively good in spring can become loathsome in the falL The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward...heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's falL The grammatical curiosity in stanza three, where "fields" (a plural subject) is associated with "yields"...

...hard-eyed sister Anna, who had no hopes for such a catch, gazed at me with something close to admiration. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward...reckoning yields; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy 's spring, but sorrow 's fall. I gave Thin Tom two pence to take this sweet farewell to Fort...