Elegy XIX: To His Mistress Going To Bed Flashcards

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1
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“Off with that girdle, ….

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like heaven’s zone glittering”

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2
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“But a far….

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fairer world encompassing”

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3
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“Unpin that spangled….

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breast-plate which you wear”

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“Until I labour, ….

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I in labour lie”

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5
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“That th’ eyes l of….

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busy fools may be stopp’d there”

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6
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“Unlace….

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yourself”

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7
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“Your gown going off….

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such beauteous state reveals”

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8
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“As when flowery meads….

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th’ hill’s shadow steals”

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9
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“In love’s hallow’d….

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temple, this soft bed”

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10
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“….and show // The hairy….

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diadems which on you do grow”

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11
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“brings’t with thee, ….

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//A heaven-like Mahomet’s paradise”

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12
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“Licence my….

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roving hands”

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13
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“I, my America….

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my Newfoundland”

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14
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“My kingdom, safest when….

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with one man mann’d”

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15
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“My mine of….

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precious stones”

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16
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“How am I….

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blest in this discovering thee!”

17
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“As souls unbodied, bodies unclothed….

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must be // To taste whole joys”

18
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“Gems which you women use….

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//Are like Atlanta’s ball”

19
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“….when a fool’s eye lighteth….

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on a gem, // His earthly soul might court that”

20
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“As liberally as to….

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thy midwife show”

21
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“There is no penance….

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due to innocence”

22
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“To teach thee, ….

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I am naked first”

23
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“What needst thou….

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have more covering than a man?”