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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... 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 country loves such sweet desires do gain , What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? His ...
... 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 country loves such sweet desires do gain , What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? His ...
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... king in his delight , And merrier , too ; For kings bethink them what the State require , Where shepherds careless carol by the fire ; Ah then , & c . He kisseth first , then sits as blithe to eat His cream and curd , as doth the king ...
... king in his delight , And merrier , too ; For kings bethink them what the State require , Where shepherds careless carol by the fire ; Ah then , & c . He kisseth first , then sits as blithe to eat His cream and curd , as doth the king ...
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... 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 , Ordained a thief should pay , To ...
... 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 , Ordained a thief should pay , To ...
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... king , God bless him ! ' twould undo him , Should he go still so drest . But wot you what ? The youth was going To make an end of all his wooing ; The parson for him staid : Yet by his leave , for all his haste , He did not so much wish ...
... king , God bless him ! ' twould undo him , Should he go still so drest . But wot you what ? The youth was going To make an end of all his wooing ; The parson for him staid : Yet by his leave , for all his haste , He did not so much wish ...
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... Our tears we'll send a speedier way : The tide shall bring them twice a day . The king with wonder and surprise , Will swear the seas grow bold ; Because the tides will higher rise Than e'er they did Lyra Elegantiarum . 49 LXXVI. ...
... Our tears we'll send a speedier way : The tide shall bring them twice a day . The king with wonder and surprise , Will swear the seas grow bold ; Because the tides will higher rise Than e'er they did Lyra Elegantiarum . 49 LXXVI. ...
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