The muses of Mayfair, selections from vers de société of the nineteenth century, by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell1874 |
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... fancy , a fiction , Yet a fact ( take my conviction , Because it has more than a hint Of a certain face I never Saw elsewhere touch or trace of , In women I've seen the face of ) — Just an etching , and , so far , clever . SONG . ROBERT ...
... fancy , a fiction , Yet a fact ( take my conviction , Because it has more than a hint Of a certain face I never Saw elsewhere touch or trace of , In women I've seen the face of ) — Just an etching , and , so far , clever . SONG . ROBERT ...
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... Fancy my boyish bliss Then when she gave me this , And how the frequent kiss Crumpled its fingers ; Then she was fair and kind , Now , when I've changed my mind , Still some scent undefined On the glove lingers . Though she's a matron ...
... Fancy my boyish bliss Then when she gave me this , And how the frequent kiss Crumpled its fingers ; Then she was fair and kind , Now , when I've changed my mind , Still some scent undefined On the glove lingers . Though she's a matron ...
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... fancy life . After all the bright ideal , What a gulf there is between Things that are , alas ! too real , And the things that might have been ! Often thus , alone and moody , Do I act my little play- Like a ghostly Punch and Judy ...
... fancy life . After all the bright ideal , What a gulf there is between Things that are , alas ! too real , And the things that might have been ! Often thus , alone and moody , Do I act my little play- Like a ghostly Punch and Judy ...
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... and beam Beseechingly , and seem To say , " Come ! " What funny fancy slips From atween these cherry lips ! Whisper me , Sweet deity in paint , What canon says I mayn't Marry thee ? 205 206 TO MY GRANDMOTHER . That good - for -
... and beam Beseechingly , and seem To say , " Come ! " What funny fancy slips From atween these cherry lips ! Whisper me , Sweet deity in paint , What canon says I mayn't Marry thee ? 205 206 TO MY GRANDMOTHER . That good - for -
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... fancy free , but sweeter far Than many plighted maidens are : Will Gerty smile us all away , And still be Gerty ? Who can say ? But let her wear her precious toy , And I'll rejoice to see her joy : Her bauble's only one degree Less ...
... fancy free , but sweeter far Than many plighted maidens are : Will Gerty smile us all away , And still be Gerty ? Who can say ? But let her wear her precious toy , And I'll rejoice to see her joy : Her bauble's only one degree Less ...
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