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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... head ; And , for the sport of kings , increase The number of the dead . But first I'll chide thy cruel theft : Can I in war delight , Who , being of my heart bereft , Can have no heart to fight ? Thou knowest the sacred laws of old ...
... head ; And , for the sport of kings , increase The number of the dead . But first I'll chide thy cruel theft : Can I in war delight , Who , being of my heart bereft , Can have no heart to fight ? Thou knowest the sacred laws of old ...
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... the former . Then be not coy , but use your time , And while you may , go marry : For having lost but once your prime , You may for ever tarry . Robert Herrick . XLI . THE HEAD - ACHE . My head doth 26 Lyra Elegantiarum .
... the former . Then be not coy , but use your time , And while you may , go marry : For having lost but once your prime , You may for ever tarry . Robert Herrick . XLI . THE HEAD - ACHE . My head doth 26 Lyra Elegantiarum .
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... HEAD - ACHE . My head doth ache , O , Sappho take Thy fillet , And bind the pain ! Or bring some bane To kill it . But less that part Than my poor heart , Now is sick : One kiss from thee Will counsel be , And physic . Robert Herrick ...
... HEAD - ACHE . My head doth ache , O , Sappho take Thy fillet , And bind the pain ! Or bring some bane To kill it . But less that part Than my poor heart , Now is sick : One kiss from thee Will counsel be , And physic . Robert Herrick ...
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... heads with roses crown'd , Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in wine we steep , When healths and draughts go free- Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty . When , linnet - like confinèd , I With shriller ...
... heads with roses crown'd , Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in wine we steep , When healths and draughts go free- Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty . When , linnet - like confinèd , I With shriller ...
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... head of Pleasure's flood ; Where all the riches lie , that she Has coin'd and stamp'd for good . Pride and ambition here Only in far - fetch'd metaphors appear ; Here nought but winds can hurtful murmurs scatter , And nought but Echo ...
... head of Pleasure's flood ; Where all the riches lie , that she Has coin'd and stamp'd for good . Pride and ambition here Only in far - fetch'd metaphors appear ; Here nought but winds can hurtful murmurs scatter , And nought but Echo ...
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