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Page 14
Do but look on her , she is bright As Love's star when it riseth ! Do but mark , her
forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her ! And from her arch'd brows ,
such a grace Sheds itself through her face , As alone there triumphs to the life All
...
Do but look on her , she is bright As Love's star when it riseth ! Do but mark , her
forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her ! And from her arch'd brows ,
such a grace Sheds itself through her face , As alone there triumphs to the life All
...
Page 64
What are your assemblies then ? There , ' tis true , we see more men ; But much
fewer lovers . O , how changed the prospect grows ! Flock and herds to fops and
beaux , Coxcombs without number ! Moon and stars that shone so bright , To the
...
What are your assemblies then ? There , ' tis true , we see more men ; But much
fewer lovers . O , how changed the prospect grows ! Flock and herds to fops and
beaux , Coxcombs without number ! Moon and stars that shone so bright , To the
...
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A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased
English Authors Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan. Moon and stars
that shone so bright , To the torch and waxen light , And whole nights at ombre .
A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased
English Authors Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan. Moon and stars
that shone so bright , To the torch and waxen light , And whole nights at ombre .
Page 69
Ah me , the blooming pride of May , And that of Beauty are but one ; At morn both
flourish bright and gay , Both fade at evening , pale , and gone . “ At morn poor
Stella danced and sung ; The amorous youth around her bow'd ; At night her fatal
...
Ah me , the blooming pride of May , And that of Beauty are but one ; At morn both
flourish bright and gay , Both fade at evening , pale , and gone . “ At morn poor
Stella danced and sung ; The amorous youth around her bow'd ; At night her fatal
...
Page 75
... All bright as an angel new dropt from the sky ; At distance I gaze , and am awed
by my fears , So strangely you dazzle my eye ! But when , without art , Your kind
thought you impart , When your love runs in blushes through every vein , When ...
... All bright as an angel new dropt from the sky ; At distance I gaze , and am awed
by my fears , So strangely you dazzle my eye ! But when , without art , Your kind
thought you impart , When your love runs in blushes through every vein , When ...
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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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