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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... are but like the wind , That kisses everything it meets : And since thou canst with more than one , Thou'rt worthy to be kiss'd by none . The morning rose , that untouch'd stands , Arm'd with Lyra Elegantiarum . II XV. ...
... are but like the wind , That kisses everything it meets : And since thou canst with more than one , Thou'rt worthy to be kiss'd by none . The morning rose , that untouch'd stands , Arm'd with Lyra Elegantiarum . II XV. ...
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... morning rose , that untouch'd stands , Arm'd with her briars , how sweet her smell ! 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 ...
... morning rose , that untouch'd stands , Arm'd with her briars , how sweet her smell ! 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 ...
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... morning to each day , There meditate my time away , And angle on and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave . Izaak Walton . LXXXIII . THE CONTENTED MAN . HAPPY the man whose 56 Lyra Elegantiarum . LXXXII. ...
... morning to each day , There meditate my time away , And angle on and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave . Izaak Walton . LXXXIII . THE CONTENTED MAN . HAPPY the man whose 56 Lyra Elegantiarum . LXXXII. ...
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... morning o'er Earth ' tis his fancy to run ; At night he declines on his Thetis ' breast . So when I am wearied with wandering all day ; To thee , my delight , in the evening I come : No matter what beauties I saw in my way : They were ...
... morning o'er Earth ' tis his fancy to run ; At night he declines on his Thetis ' breast . So when I am wearied with wandering all day ; To thee , my delight , in the evening I come : No matter what beauties I saw in my way : They were ...
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... morning we told Whittle , and he fell a - swearing : Then my dame Wadger came : and she , you know , is thick of hearing : 66 66 ' Dame , " said I , as loud as I could bawl , " do you know what a loss I have had ? " 66 " Nay , " said ...
... morning we told Whittle , and he fell a - swearing : Then my dame Wadger came : and she , you know , is thick of hearing : 66 66 ' Dame , " said I , as loud as I could bawl , " do you know what a loss I have had ? " 66 " Nay , " said ...
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