Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased English AuthorsFrederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan |
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... fall from her , one by one . Such fate , ere long , will thee betide , When thou has handled been awhile , Like sere flowers to be thrown aside ; And I will sigh , while some will smile , To see thy love for more than one Hath brought ...
... fall from her , one by one . Such fate , ere long , will thee betide , When thou has handled been awhile , Like sere flowers to be thrown aside ; And I will sigh , while some will smile , To see thy love for more than one Hath brought ...
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... fall o ' the snow Before the soil hath smutch'd it ? Have you felt the wool of the beaver ? Or swan's down ever ? Or have smell'd o ' the bud of the briar ? Or the ' nard in the fire ? Or have tasted the bag of the bee ? O so white ! O ...
... fall o ' the snow Before the soil hath smutch'd it ? Have you felt the wool of the beaver ? Or swan's down ever ? Or have smell'd o ' the bud of the briar ? Or the ' nard in the fire ? Or have tasted the bag of the bee ? O so white ! O ...
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... fall in dead of night ; For in your eyes they sit , and there Fixed become , as in their sphere . Ask me no more if east or west , The phoenix builds her spicy nest ; For unto you at last she flies , And in your fragrant bosom dies ...
... fall in dead of night ; For in your eyes they sit , and there Fixed become , as in their sphere . Ask me no more if east or west , The phoenix builds her spicy nest ; For unto you at last she flies , And in your fragrant bosom dies ...
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... fall . Thy gown , thy shoes , thy beds of roses , Thy cap , thy kirtle , and thy posies ; Soon break , soon wither , soon forgotten . In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of straw , and ivy buds , Thy coral clasps , and amber ...
... fall . Thy gown , thy shoes , thy beds of roses , Thy cap , thy kirtle , and thy posies ; Soon break , soon wither , soon forgotten . In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of straw , and ivy buds , Thy coral clasps , and amber ...
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... falls from mine ? Simplest of swains ! the world may see , Whom Chloe loves , and who loves me . Matthew Prior . XCIII . DAMON AND CUPID . THE sun was now withdrawn , The shepherds home were sped ; The moon wide o'er the lawn Her silver ...
... falls from mine ? Simplest of swains ! the world may see , Whom Chloe loves , and who loves me . Matthew Prior . XCIII . DAMON AND CUPID . THE sun was now withdrawn , The shepherds home were sped ; The moon wide o'er the lawn Her silver ...
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Alexander Pope beauty Ben Jonson bliss blush Bouillabaisse bright Burnham-beeches C. S. Calverley charms cheek Chloe cried Cupid dear delight Derry doth Earl eyes face fair fear flowers give gone grace grave hand happy hath hear heart Heaven heigh-ho John Wolcot kind kiss Lady laugh lips live look Lord Love's lover maid Matthew Prior mind morning muse ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once pain passion play pleasant pleasure poem poet Poetical poor Praed pray Robert Herrick rose round shepherd sigh sing sleep smile soft song soul sure swain sweet taste tears tell thee There's thine thing Thomas Thomas Carew Thomas Hood Thomas Moore thou thought thro tree true Twas Unknown verse Walter Savage Landor wife William William Cowper William Makepeace Thackeray wine wish young youth