Hide, oh, hide those hills of snow Which thy frozen bosom b… - John Fletcher

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Hide, oh, hide those hills of snow Which thy frozen bosom bears,
On whose tops the pinks that grow Are of those that April wears!
But first set my poor heart free,
Bound in those icy chains by thee.

John Fletcher

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John Fletcher (baptized 29 December 1579 - died in August 1625) was a Jacobean playwright. After William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, he was one of the most prolific and influential of the Jacobean dramatists. In succession to Shakespeare, he became the chief dramatist for the leading company of London, the King's Men.

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Hence, all you vain delights,
As short as are the nights
Wherein you spend your folly!
There's naught in this life sweet
But only melancholy;
O sweetest melancholy!

'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.

Go far—too far you cannot, still the farther
The more experience finds you: And go sparing;—
One meal a week will serve you, and one suit,
Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain,
The poorer and the baser you appear,
The more you look through still.

Hide, oh, hide those hills of snow Which thy frozen bosom bears, On whose tops the pinks that grow Are of those that April wears! But first set my po… - John Fletcher

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