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Swift was an ardent politician ; Prior , a zealous ambassador ; Suckling , Praed ,
and Landor , were essentially men of action ; even Cowper was no recluse , but a
man of the world , forced by mental infirmity into a state of modified seclusion .
Swift was an ardent politician ; Prior , a zealous ambassador ; Suckling , Praed ,
and Landor , were essentially men of action ; even Cowper was no recluse , but a
man of the world , forced by mental infirmity into a state of modified seclusion .
Page xix
Now and again , it may be , he appears to quit it , but never in reality , and even
when he seems to do so , like Landor's shell ... Suckling and Herrick , Swift and
Prior , Cowper , Landor , and Thomas Moore , and Praed , and Thackeray , may
be ...
Now and again , it may be , he appears to quit it , but never in reality , and even
when he seems to do so , like Landor's shell ... Suckling and Herrick , Swift and
Prior , Cowper , Landor , and Thomas Moore , and Praed , and Thackeray , may
be ...
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Walter Savage Landor . CCXXX . . My heart still hovering round about you I
thought I could not live without you : But since we ve been three months asunder ,
How I lived with you is the wonder . Unknown , CCXXXI . ON THE
DISTINGUISHED ...
Walter Savage Landor . CCXXX . . My heart still hovering round about you I
thought I could not live without you : But since we ve been three months asunder ,
How I lived with you is the wonder . Unknown , CCXXXI . ON THE
DISTINGUISHED ...
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Walter Savage Landor . CCXLIV . ON A FLY DRINKING OUT OF HIS CUP . Busy
, curious , thirsty Ay ! Drink with me , and drink as I. Freely welcome to my cup ,
Couldst thou sip and sip it up : Make the most of life you may ; Life is short and ...
Walter Savage Landor . CCXLIV . ON A FLY DRINKING OUT OF HIS CUP . Busy
, curious , thirsty Ay ! Drink with me , and drink as I. Freely welcome to my cup ,
Couldst thou sip and sip it up : Make the most of life you may ; Life is short and ...
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Walter Savage Landor . CCLXXVII . I NE'ER could any lustre see In eyes that
would not look on me : I ne'er saw nectar on a lip , But where my own did hope to
sip . Has the maid who seeks my heart Cheeks of rose untouch'd by art ? I will
own ...
Walter Savage Landor . CCLXXVII . I NE'ER could any lustre see In eyes that
would not look on me : I ne'er saw nectar on a lip , But where my own did hope to
sip . Has the maid who seeks my heart Cheeks of rose untouch'd by art ? I will
own ...
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| Title | Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased English Authors Volume 21 of Minerva library of famous books The Minerva Library Volume 21 of The Minerva library of famous books. Ed. by G. T. Bettany. [v. 21] |
| Editors | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Ward, Lock, 1891 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 425 pages |
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