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It seems only reasonable , then , that those who delight in this lighter verse
should be enabled to enjoy their favourite pieces in a single volume . In
commencing his task the Editor's first endeavour was to frame a definition of vers
d'occasion ...
It seems only reasonable , then , that those who delight in this lighter verse
should be enabled to enjoy their favourite pieces in a single volume . In
commencing his task the Editor's first endeavour was to frame a definition of vers
d'occasion ...
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Some of our best writers of Occasional Verse are not merely tinged with
coarseness , they seem to delight in it , and often show much raciness in their
revelry , but they are hardly ever vulgar . Vulgarity appears to be a rock on which
so many ...
Some of our best writers of Occasional Verse are not merely tinged with
coarseness , they seem to delight in it , and often show much raciness in their
revelry , but they are hardly ever vulgar . Vulgarity appears to be a rock on which
so many ...
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His flocks are folded ; he comes home at night As merry as a king in his delight ,
And merrier , too ; For kings bethink them what the State require , Where
shepherds careless carol by the fire ; Ah then , & c . He kisseth first , then sits as
blithe to ...
His flocks are folded ; he comes home at night As merry as a king in his delight ,
And merrier , too ; For kings bethink them what the State require , Where
shepherds careless carol by the fire ; Ah then , & c . He kisseth first , then sits as
blithe to ...
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The sun , whose beams most glorious are , Rejecteth no beholder ; And thy
sweet beauty , past compare , Made my poor eyes the bolder . Where beauty
moves , and wit delights , And signs of kindness bind me , There , oh ! there ,
where'er I ...
The sun , whose beams most glorious are , Rejecteth no beholder ; And thy
sweet beauty , past compare , Made my poor eyes the bolder . Where beauty
moves , and wit delights , And signs of kindness bind me , There , oh ! there ,
where'er I ...
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... flows That liquefaction of her clothes . Next , when I cast mine eyes , and see
That brave vibration each way free ; O how that glittering taketh me ! Robert
Herrick . XXXIII . DELIGHT IN DISORDER . A SWEET disorder in Lyra
Elegantiarum .
... flows That liquefaction of her clothes . Next , when I cast mine eyes , and see
That brave vibration each way free ; O how that glittering taketh me ! Robert
Herrick . XXXIII . DELIGHT IN DISORDER . A SWEET disorder in Lyra
Elegantiarum .
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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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