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Page 8
WOMAN'S INCONSTANCY , I LOVED thee once , I'll love no more , Thine be the
grief as is the blame ; Thou art not what thou wast before , What reason I should
be the same ? He that can love unloved again , Hath better store of love than ...
WOMAN'S INCONSTANCY , I LOVED thee once , I'll love no more , Thine be the
grief as is the blame ; Thou art not what thou wast before , What reason I should
be the same ? He that can love unloved again , Hath better store of love than ...
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Thus those desires that aim too high For any mortal lover , When reason cannot
make them die , Discretion doth them cover . Yet , when discretion doth bereave
The plaints that they should utter , Then thy discretion may perceive That silence
...
Thus those desires that aim too high For any mortal lover , When reason cannot
make them die , Discretion doth them cover . Yet , when discretion doth bereave
The plaints that they should utter , Then thy discretion may perceive That silence
...
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Wit she hath without desire To make knowne how much she hath ; And her anger
flames no higher Than may fitly sweeten wrath . Full of pity as may be , Tho '
perhaps not so to me ! Reason masters every sense , And her virtues grace her
16 ...
Wit she hath without desire To make knowne how much she hath ; And her anger
flames no higher Than may fitly sweeten wrath . Full of pity as may be , Tho '
perhaps not so to me ! Reason masters every sense , And her virtues grace her
16 ...
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Reason masters every sense , And her virtues grace her birth ; Lovely as all
excellence , Modest in her most of mirth : Likelihood enough to prove Onely worth
could kindle love . Such she is , and if you know Such a one as I have sung , Be
she ...
Reason masters every sense , And her virtues grace her birth ; Lovely as all
excellence , Modest in her most of mirth : Likelihood enough to prove Onely worth
could kindle love . Such she is , and if you know Such a one as I have sung , Be
she ...
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And this the very reason was , Before the parson could say grace , The company
were seated . Now hats fly off , and youth carouse ; Healths first go round , and
then the house , The bride's come thick and thick ; And when ' twas named ...
And this the very reason was , Before the parson could say grace , The company
were seated . Now hats fly off , and youth carouse ; Healths first go round , and
then the house , The bride's come thick and thick ; And when ' twas named ...
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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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