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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... move is the ' haunt , and the main region of his song . ' Now and again , it may be , he appears to quit it , but never in reality , and even when he seems to do so , like Landor's shell remote from the sea , he still ' remembers its ...
... move is the ' haunt , and the main region of his song . ' Now and again , it may be , he appears to quit it , but never in reality , and even when he seems to do so , like Landor's shell remote from the sea , he still ' remembers its ...
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... moves , and wit delights , And signs of kindness bind me , There , oh ! there , where'er I go , I leave my heart behind me . Unknown . XIV . PHILLIS is my only joy , Faithless as the winds or seas , Sometimes cunning , sometimes coy ...
... moves , and wit delights , And signs of kindness bind me , There , oh ! there , where'er I go , I leave my heart behind me . Unknown . XIV . PHILLIS is my only joy , Faithless as the winds or seas , Sometimes cunning , sometimes coy ...
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... move thee : But I can let thee now alone , As worthy to be loved by none . I do confess thou'rt sweet , yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets , Thy favours are but like the wind , That kisses everything it meets : And since thou ...
... move thee : But I can let thee now alone , As worthy to be loved by none . I do confess thou'rt sweet , yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets , Thy favours are but like the wind , That kisses everything it meets : And since thou ...
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... move , As I now shall versifie , Be assur'd ' tis she or none That I love , and love alone . Nature did her so much right , That she scornes the help of art , In as many Virtues dight As ere yet embraced a hart , So much good as truly ...
... move , As I now shall versifie , Be assur'd ' tis she or none That I love , and love alone . Nature did her so much right , That she scornes the help of art , In as many Virtues dight As ere yet embraced a hart , So much good as truly ...
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... move her , Looking ill prevail ? Prithee why so pale ? Why so dull and mute , young sinner ? Prithee why so mute ? Will , when speaking well can't win her , Saying nothing do't ? Prithee why so mute ? Quit , quit , for shame , this will ...
... move her , Looking ill prevail ? Prithee why so pale ? Why so dull and mute , young sinner ? Prithee why so mute ? Will , when speaking well can't win her , Saying nothing do't ? Prithee why so mute ? Quit , quit , for shame , this will ...
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