The muses of Mayfair, selections from vers de société of the nineteenth century, by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell1874 |
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... girl On Reginald Ashton's arm . They can tell no secrets : They can never betray How the passionate heart , in that hour , Burnt to its core away . For , as upon grass a circle Marks where the fire hath been , In her heart of hearts are ...
... girl On Reginald Ashton's arm . They can tell no secrets : They can never betray How the passionate heart , in that hour , Burnt to its core away . For , as upon grass a circle Marks where the fire hath been , In her heart of hearts are ...
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... girl that scorned his passion . But he is dust : we may not know His happy or unhappy story : Nameless and dead these thousand years , His work outlives him - there's his glory ! 12 ON AN INTAGLIO . Both man and jewel lay.
... girl that scorned his passion . But he is dust : we may not know His happy or unhappy story : Nameless and dead these thousand years , His work outlives him - there's his glory ! 12 ON AN INTAGLIO . Both man and jewel lay.
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... girl , Would tyranny declare it , I'd give my pet a cross of pearl , And make her always bear it . If still she tried to sulk and sigh , And threw away my posies , I'd catch my darling on the sly , And smother her with roses ! PET'S ...
... girl , Would tyranny declare it , I'd give my pet a cross of pearl , And make her always bear it . If still she tried to sulk and sigh , And threw away my posies , I'd catch my darling on the sly , And smother her with roses ! PET'S ...
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... girls dance together ; how tame ! I'd get up my game of écarté , But they go to bring down their game ! II . Last month , their attention to quicken , A supper I knew was the thing ; But now from my turkey and chicken They're tempted by ...
... girls dance together ; how tame ! I'd get up my game of écarté , But they go to bring down their game ! II . Last month , their attention to quicken , A supper I knew was the thing ; But now from my turkey and chicken They're tempted by ...
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... girls . I adore my neighbour Nelly , I invite her in to tea : And I let her nurse the baby- All her pretty ways to see . Such a darling bud of woman , Yet remote from any teens , — NEIGHBOUR NELLY . I have learnt from neighbour Nelly What.
... girls . I adore my neighbour Nelly , I invite her in to tea : And I let her nurse the baby- All her pretty ways to see . Such a darling bud of woman , Yet remote from any teens , — NEIGHBOUR NELLY . I have learnt from neighbour Nelly What.
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