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In one or two cases the Editor was unable to discover to whom to apply for
permission to include a poem , or leave would first have been asked , and an
acknowledgment made . The reading of several of the poems varies in different ...
In one or two cases the Editor was unable to discover to whom to apply for
permission to include a poem , or leave would first have been asked , and an
acknowledgment made . The reading of several of the poems varies in different ...
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”O ! unjust is Fortune's sway , Which can make me thus to leave you , And from
louts to run away ! Sir Philip Sydney . IV . Love is a sickness full of woes , All
remedies refusing ; A plant that most with cutting grows , Most barren with best
using .
”O ! unjust is Fortune's sway , Which can make me thus to leave you , And from
louts to run away ! Sir Philip Sydney . IV . Love is a sickness full of woes , All
remedies refusing ; A plant that most with cutting grows , Most barren with best
using .
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If I admire or praise too much , That fault you may forgive me ; Or if my hands had
stray'd to touch , Then justly might you leave me . I ask'd you leave , you bade me
love , Is't now a time to chide me ? No , no , no , I'll love you still , What fortune ...
If I admire or praise too much , That fault you may forgive me ; Or if my hands had
stray'd to touch , Then justly might you leave me . I ask'd you leave , you bade me
love , Is't now a time to chide me ? No , no , no , I'll love you still , What fortune ...
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But pluck'd , and strain'd through ruder hands , Her sweets no longer with her
dwell ; But scent and beauty both are gone , And leaves fall from her , one by one
. Such fate , ere long , will thee betide , When thou has handled been awhile ,
Like ...
But pluck'd , and strain'd through ruder hands , Her sweets no longer with her
dwell ; But scent and beauty both are gone , And leaves fall from her , one by one
. Such fate , ere long , will thee betide , When thou has handled been awhile ,
Like ...
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XXVI . A DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND MIS . TRESS ELIZA WHEELER ,
UNDER THE NAME OF AMARILLIS . ( H. ) My dearest love , since thou wilt go ,
And leave me here behind thee ; For love or pity , let me know The place where I
...
XXVI . A DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND MIS . TRESS ELIZA WHEELER ,
UNDER THE NAME OF AMARILLIS . ( H. ) My dearest love , since thou wilt go ,
And leave me here behind thee ; For love or pity , let me know The place where I
...
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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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