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... locks bedeck'd with gold ? And rustle Coan robes with silken fold ? Ah , why with Syrian unguents drench thy hair , Trick'd out for sale with artificial ware ? Why scorn to please by nature's simple grace , And seek th ' allurements of ...
... locks bedeck'd with gold ? And rustle Coan robes with silken fold ? Ah , why with Syrian unguents drench thy hair , Trick'd out for sale with artificial ware ? Why scorn to please by nature's simple grace , And seek th ' allurements of ...
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... love that bids ye weep ; Yet can I do still more than secrets keep , For lovers ' quarrels I can mend once more , And break the churlish locks on Beauty's door ; Or soothe , how fresh soe'er , another's pains ! BOOK I. ] 13 PROPERTIUS .
... love that bids ye weep ; Yet can I do still more than secrets keep , For lovers ' quarrels I can mend once more , And break the churlish locks on Beauty's door ; Or soothe , how fresh soe'er , another's pains ! BOOK I. ] 13 PROPERTIUS .
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... locks that lay last night so trim , And spending hours o'er fashion's latest whim ; While o'er thy breast all India's gems are pour'd , Like some fair bride that waits to meet her lord . Yet ' twas not thus Calypso wept of yore Reft of ...
... locks that lay last night so trim , And spending hours o'er fashion's latest whim ; While o'er thy breast all India's gems are pour'd , Like some fair bride that waits to meet her lord . Yet ' twas not thus Calypso wept of yore Reft of ...
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... lock she loves the best , And on soft rose - beds lull'd my bones to rest ; Then had she wail'd aloud her lover dead- Praying the earth lie lightly on his head . But Nereid nymphs , fair dwellers in the sea , Unfurl the sunny sails ...
... lock she loves the best , And on soft rose - beds lull'd my bones to rest ; Then had she wail'd aloud her lover dead- Praying the earth lie lightly on his head . But Nereid nymphs , fair dwellers in the sea , Unfurl the sunny sails ...
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... locks lie low , I'll sing the praises of that haughty brow ; Let but her ivory finger press the quill , And I will hang enraptured by her skill ; E'en her soft eyelids lapp'd in drowsy dreams , Tune my fond numbers to a thousand themes ...
... locks lie low , I'll sing the praises of that haughty brow ; Let but her ivory finger press the quill , And I will hang enraptured by her skill ; E'en her soft eyelids lapp'd in drowsy dreams , Tune my fond numbers to a thousand themes ...
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