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SEND back my long - stray'd eyes to me , Which , O ! too long have dwelt on thee
: But if from you they've learnt such ill , To sweetly smile , And then beguile , Keep
the deceivers , keep them still . Send home my harmless heart again , Which ...
SEND back my long - stray'd eyes to me , Which , O ! too long have dwelt on thee
: But if from you they've learnt such ill , To sweetly smile , And then beguile , Keep
the deceivers , keep them still . Send home my harmless heart again , Which ...
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LOVE not me for comely grace , For my pleasing eye or face , Nor for any outward
part , No , nor for my constant heart ,For these may fail , or turn to ill , So thou and
I shall sever : Keep , therefore , a true woman's eye , And love me still , but ...
LOVE not me for comely grace , For my pleasing eye or face , Nor for any outward
part , No , nor for my constant heart ,For these may fail , or turn to ill , So thou and
I shall sever : Keep , therefore , a true woman's eye , And love me still , but ...
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Here sin , for want of food , must starve Where tempting objects are not seen ;
And these strong walls do only serve To keep rogues out , not keep me in .
Malice is now grown charitable , sure : I'm not committed , but I'm kept secure .
And whilst ...
Here sin , for want of food , must starve Where tempting objects are not seen ;
And these strong walls do only serve To keep rogues out , not keep me in .
Malice is now grown charitable , sure : I'm not committed , but I'm kept secure .
And whilst ...
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These manacles upon my arm I , as my mistress ' favours , wear ; And for to keep
my ankles warm , I have some iron shackles there . These walls are but my
garrison ; this cell , Which men call jail , doth prove my citadel . So he that struck
at ...
These manacles upon my arm I , as my mistress ' favours , wear ; And for to keep
my ankles warm , I have some iron shackles there . These walls are but my
garrison ; this cell , Which men call jail , doth prove my citadel . So he that struck
at ...
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And shakes her wings and will not stay , I puff the prostitute away : The little or the
much she gave , is quietly resign'd : Content with poverty , my soul I arm ; And
virtue , tho ' in rags , will keep me warm . John Dryden . LXXXVII . Fair Amoret is ...
And shakes her wings and will not stay , I puff the prostitute away : The little or the
much she gave , is quietly resign'd : Content with poverty , my soul I arm ; And
virtue , tho ' in rags , will keep me warm . John Dryden . LXXXVII . Fair Amoret is ...
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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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