lay (n.) Old form(s): laies , layes
song
2H6 I.iii.88[Suffolk to Queen, of the Duchess of Gloucester] myself have limed a bush for her, / And placed a choir of such enticing birds / That she will light to listen to the lays
Ham IV.vii.182[Gertrude to Claudius and Laertes, of Ophelia] her melodious lay
Per Chorus.V.4[Gower alone, of Marina] she dances / As goddess-like to her admired lays
Phoen.1[] Let the bird of loudest lay ... / Herald sad and trumpet be
PP.14.18[Pilgrim, of Philomela] I sit and mark, / And wish her lays were tuned like the lark
Sonn.100.7[of his Muse] Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem
Sonn.102.6[] Our love was new, and then but in the spring, / When I was wont to greet it with my lays
Sonn.98.5[] the lays of birds
TNK V.i.89[Palamon praying to Venus, of an old man] make him, to the scorn of his hoarse throat, / Abuse young lays of love
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