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Page 18
( H. ) What have the meads to do with thee , Or with thy youthful hours ? Live thou
at Court , where thou may'st be The queen of men - not flowers . Let country
wenches make ' em fine With posies , since ' tis fitter For thee with richest gems to
...
( H. ) What have the meads to do with thee , Or with thy youthful hours ? Live thou
at Court , where thou may'st be The queen of men - not flowers . Let country
wenches make ' em fine With posies , since ' tis fitter For thee with richest gems to
...
Page 38
I'd rather marry a disease , Than court the thing I could not please : She that
would cherish my desires , Must meet my flame with equal fires : What pleasure is
there in a kiss To him that doubts the heart's not his ? I love thee not because
thou'rt ...
I'd rather marry a disease , Than court the thing I could not please : She that
would cherish my desires , Must meet my flame with equal fires : What pleasure is
there in a kiss To him that doubts the heart's not his ? I love thee not because
thou'rt ...
Page 56
I IN these flowery meads would be ; These crystal streams should solace me ; To
whose harmonious bubbling noise , I with my angle will rejoice ; Sit here , and
see the turtle - dove Court his chaste mate to acts of love , Or on that bank feel the
...
I IN these flowery meads would be ; These crystal streams should solace me ; To
whose harmonious bubbling noise , I with my angle will rejoice ; Sit here , and
see the turtle - dove Court his chaste mate to acts of love , Or on that bank feel the
...
Page 63
The winged boy draws near ; And thus the swain reproves : “ While Beauty revell'
d here , My game lay in the groves ; At Court I never fail To scatter round my
arrows ; Men fall as thick as hail , And maidens love like sparrows . “ Then , swain
, if ...
The winged boy draws near ; And thus the swain reproves : “ While Beauty revell'
d here , My game lay in the groves ; At Court I never fail To scatter round my
arrows ; Men fall as thick as hail , And maidens love like sparrows . “ Then , swain
, if ...
Page 64
What I speak , my fair Chloe , and what I write , shows The difference there is
betwixt nature and art : I court others in verse — but I love thee in prose ; And they
have my whimsies — but thou hast my heart . The God of us verse - men ( you ...
What I speak , my fair Chloe , and what I write , shows The difference there is
betwixt nature and art : I court others in verse — but I love thee in prose ; And they
have my whimsies — but thou hast my heart . The God of us verse - men ( you ...
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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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