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Mr. Hood was very happy in this kind of composition , where a conceit is built up
on some pointed absurdity . Occasional Verse should seem to be entirely
spontaneous : when the reader thinks to himself , “ I could have written that , and
easily ...
Mr. Hood was very happy in this kind of composition , where a conceit is built up
on some pointed absurdity . Occasional Verse should seem to be entirely
spontaneous : when the reader thinks to himself , “ I could have written that , and
easily ...
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HAPPY AS A SHEPHERD , AH ! what is love ! It is a pretty thing , As sweet unto a
shepherd as a king , And sweeter , too ; For kings have cares that wait upon a
crown , And cares can make the sweetest loves to frown : Ah then , ah then , If ...
HAPPY AS A SHEPHERD , AH ! what is love ! It is a pretty thing , As sweet unto a
shepherd as a king , And sweeter , too ; For kings have cares that wait upon a
crown , And cares can make the sweetest loves to frown : Ah then , ah then , If ...
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... His pleasing , happy ruin ; ' Tis not for pity that I move ;His fate 42 Lyra
Elegantiarum ! ...
... His pleasing , happy ruin ; ' Tis not for pity that I move ;His fate 42 Lyra
Elegantiarum ! ...
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Each gloried in their wanton part ; To make a lover , he Employ'd the utmost of his
artTo make a beauty , she . Sir Charles Sedley . LXVIII . YE happy swains , whose
hearts are free From Love's imperial chain , Take warning , and be taught by ...
Each gloried in their wanton part ; To make a lover , he Employ'd the utmost of his
artTo make a beauty , she . Sir Charles Sedley . LXVIII . YE happy swains , whose
hearts are free From Love's imperial chain , Take warning , and be taught by ...
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THE MEANS TO ATTAIN HAPPY LIFE . MARTIAL , the things that do attain The
happy life be these , I findThe riches left , not got with pain ; The fruitful ground ,
the quiet mind , The equal friend ; no grudge , no strife ; No charge of rule , nor ...
THE MEANS TO ATTAIN HAPPY LIFE . MARTIAL , the things that do attain The
happy life be these , I findThe riches left , not got with pain ; The fruitful ground ,
the quiet mind , The equal friend ; no grudge , no strife ; No charge of rule , nor ...
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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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