Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased English AuthorsFrederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 55
Page 1
... flower , Gentle as falcon , Or hawk of the tower ; With solace and gladness , Much mirth and no madness , All good and no badness ; So joyously , So maidenly , So womanly , Her demeaning , In everything , Far , far passing , That I can ...
... flower , Gentle as falcon , Or hawk of the tower ; With solace and gladness , Much mirth and no madness , All good and no badness ; So joyously , So maidenly , So womanly , Her demeaning , In everything , Far , far passing , That I can ...
Page 2
... flower , Gentle as falcon , Or hawk of the tower . John Skelton . II . THE ONE HE WOULD LOVE . A FACE that should content me wondrous well Should not be fair , but lovely to behold ; Of lively look , all grief for to repel With right ...
... flower , Gentle as falcon , Or hawk of the tower . John Skelton . II . THE ONE HE WOULD LOVE . A FACE that should content me wondrous well Should not be fair , but lovely to behold ; Of lively look , all grief for to repel With right ...
Page 12
... flowers to be thrown aside ; And I will sigh , while some will smile , To see thy love for more than one Hath brought thee to be loved by none . XVII . Sir Robert Ayton . A STOLEN KISS . Now gentle sleep hath closed up those eyes Which ...
... flowers to be thrown aside ; And I will sigh , while some will smile , To see thy love for more than one Hath brought thee to be loved by none . XVII . Sir Robert Ayton . A STOLEN KISS . Now gentle sleep hath closed up those eyes Which ...
Page 18
... flowers , thy joy shall die , E'en in the twinkling of an eye ; And all thy hopes of her shall wither , Like these short sweets thus knit together . " Thomas Carew . XXVI . A DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND MIS- TRESS ELIZA WHEELER , UNDER ...
... flowers , thy joy shall die , E'en in the twinkling of an eye ; And all thy hopes of her shall wither , Like these short sweets thus knit together . " Thomas Carew . XXVI . A DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND MIS- TRESS ELIZA WHEELER , UNDER ...
Page 19
... flower doth show So yellow , green , and sickly too ; Ask me why the stalk is weak , And bending , yet it doth not break ; I must tell you , these discover What doubts and fears are in a lover . Thomas Carew . XXVIII . THE SHEPHERD'S ...
... flower doth show So yellow , green , and sickly too ; Ask me why the stalk is weak , And bending , yet it doth not break ; I must tell you , these discover What doubts and fears are in a lover . Thomas Carew . XXVIII . THE SHEPHERD'S ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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