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SEND back my long - stray'd eyes to me , Which , O ! too long have dwelt on thee
: But if from you they've learnt such ill , To sweetly smile , And then beguile , Keep
the deceivers , keep them still . Send home my harmless heart again , Which ...
SEND back my long - stray'd eyes to me , Which , O ! too long have dwelt on thee
: But if from you they've learnt such ill , To sweetly smile , And then beguile , Keep
the deceivers , keep them still . Send home my harmless heart again , Which ...
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Now gentle sleep hath closed up those eyes Which , waking , kept my boldest
thoughts in awe ; And free access unto that sweet lip lies , From whence I long
the rosy breath to draw . Methinks no wrong it were , if I should steal From those
two ...
Now gentle sleep hath closed up those eyes Which , waking , kept my boldest
thoughts in awe ; And free access unto that sweet lip lies , From whence I long
the rosy breath to draw . Methinks no wrong it were , if I should steal From those
two ...
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... Through swords , through seas , whither she would ride . Do but look on her
eyes , they do light Lyra Elegantiarum . 13.
... Through swords , through seas , whither she would ride . Do but look on her
eyes , they do light Lyra Elegantiarum . 13.
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A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased
English Authors Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan. Do but look on
her eyes , they do light All that Love's world compriseth ! Do but look on her , she
is ...
A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased
English Authors Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan. Do but look on
her eyes , they do light All that Love's world compriseth ! Do but look on her , she
is ...
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In yonder tulip go and seek , There thou may'st find her lip , her cheek ; In yon
enameli'd pansy by , There thou shalt have her curious eye ; In bloom of peach ,
in rosy bud , There wave the streamers of her blood ; In brightest lilies that there ...
In yonder tulip go and seek , There thou may'st find her lip , her cheek ; In yon
enameli'd pansy by , There thou shalt have her curious eye ; In bloom of peach ,
in rosy bud , There wave the streamers of her blood ; In brightest lilies that there ...
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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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