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Page 4
Clear wells spring not , sweet birds sing not , Green plants bring not forth ; they
die ; Herds stand weeping , flocks all sleeping , Nymphs back peeping fearfully :
All our pleasure known to us poor swains , All our merry meetings on the plains ...
Clear wells spring not , sweet birds sing not , Green plants bring not forth ; they
die ; Herds stand weeping , flocks all sleeping , Nymphs back peeping fearfully :
All our pleasure known to us poor swains , All our merry meetings on the plains ...
Page 6
Upon his couch of straw he sleeps as sound As doth the king upon his bed of
down , More sounder , too ; For cares cause kings full oft their sleep to spill ,
Where weary shepherds lie and snort their fill : Ah then , & c . Thus with his wife
he ...
Upon his couch of straw he sleeps as sound As doth the king upon his bed of
down , More sounder , too ; For cares cause kings full oft their sleep to spill ,
Where weary shepherds lie and snort their fill : Ah then , & c . Thus with his wife
he ...
Page 12
Now gentle sleep hath closed up those eyes Which , waking , kept my boldest
thoughts in awe ; And free access unto that sweet lip lies , From whence I long
the rosy breath to draw . Methinks no wrong it were , if I should steal From those
two ...
Now gentle sleep hath closed up those eyes Which , waking , kept my boldest
thoughts in awe ; And free access unto that sweet lip lies , From whence I long
the rosy breath to draw . Methinks no wrong it were , if I should steal From those
two ...
Page 20
Ask me no more where Jove bestows , When June is past , the fading rose ; For
in your beauties , orient deep , These Howers , as in their causes , sleep . Ask me
no more whither do stray The golden atoms 20 Lyra Elegantiarum .
Ask me no more where Jove bestows , When June is past , the fading rose ; For
in your beauties , orient deep , These Howers , as in their causes , sleep . Ask me
no more whither do stray The golden atoms 20 Lyra Elegantiarum .
Page 54
... join'd with simpleness ; The night discharged of all care , Where wine the wit
may not oppress ; The faithful wife , without debate ; Such sleep as may beguile
the night ; Contented with thine own estate , Nor wish for death , nor fear his
might .
... join'd with simpleness ; The night discharged of all care , Where wine the wit
may not oppress ; The faithful wife , without debate ; Such sleep as may beguile
the night ; Contented with thine own estate , Nor wish for death , nor fear his
might .
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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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