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For I must go where lazy peace Will hide her drowsy 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 ?
For I must go where lazy peace Will hide her drowsy 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 ?
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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 . 1 My head 26 Lyra Elegantiarum .
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 . 1 My head 26 Lyra Elegantiarum .
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A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased
English Authors Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan. XLI . THE HEAD
- ACHE . 1 My head doth ache , 0 , Sappho ! take Thy fillet , And bind the pain !
A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased
English Authors Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan. XLI . THE HEAD
- ACHE . 1 My head doth ache , 0 , Sappho ! take Thy fillet , And bind the pain !
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When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames , Vur careless
heads with roses crown'd , Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in
wine we steep , When healths and draughts go freeFishes that tipple in the deep
Know ...
When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames , Vur careless
heads with roses crown'd , Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in
wine we steep , When healths and draughts go freeFishes that tipple in the deep
Know ...
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O , fountains ! when in you shall I Myself , eased of unpeaceful thoughts , espy ?
O fields ! O woods ! when , when shall I be made The happy tenant of your shade
? Here's the spring - head of Pleasure's flood ; Where all the riches lie , that she ...
O , fountains ! when in you shall I Myself , eased of unpeaceful thoughts , espy ?
O fields ! O woods ! when , when shall I be made The happy tenant of your shade
? Here's the spring - head of Pleasure's flood ; Where all the riches lie , that she ...
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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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