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Who is it that this dark night Underneath my window plaineth ? ” . It is one who
from thy sight Being ( ah ! ) exiled , disdaineth Every other vulgar light . “ Why ,
alas ! and are you he ? Are not yet these fancies changed ? ”Dear , when you find
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Who is it that this dark night Underneath my window plaineth ? ” . It is one who
from thy sight Being ( ah ! ) exiled , disdaineth Every other vulgar light . “ Why ,
alas ! and are you he ? Are not yet these fancies changed ? ”Dear , when you find
...
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... 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 love a
shepherd swain ? His flocks are folded ; he comes home at night Lyra
Elegantiarum . 5.
... 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 love a
shepherd swain ? His flocks are folded ; he comes home at night Lyra
Elegantiarum . 5.
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His flocks are folded ; he comes home at night As merry as a 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 ...
His flocks are folded ; he comes home at night As merry as a 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 ...
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Ask me no more where those stars light , That downwards fall in dead of night ;
For in your eyes they sit , and there Fixed become , as in their sphere . Ask me no
more if east or west , The phonix builds her spicy nest ; For unto you at last she ...
Ask me no more where those stars light , That downwards fall in dead of night ;
For in your eyes they sit , and there Fixed become , as in their sphere . Ask me no
more if east or west , The phonix builds her spicy nest ; For unto you at last she ...
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THE NIGHT PIECE . TO JULIA . HER eyes the glow - worm lend thee , The
shooting stars attend thee ; And the elves also , Whose little eyes glow , Like the
sparks of fire , befriend thee . No will - o ' - th ' - wisp Lyra Elegantiarum . 25.
THE NIGHT PIECE . TO JULIA . HER eyes the glow - worm lend thee , The
shooting stars attend thee ; And the elves also , Whose little eyes glow , Like the
sparks of fire , befriend thee . No will - o ' - th ' - wisp Lyra Elegantiarum . 25.
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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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