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Page ix
So many collections of favourite poetical pieces , appealing to nearly every
variety of taste , have been published of late years that some apology may seem
due to the public for adding yet another volume to the number already in
existence .
So many collections of favourite poetical pieces , appealing to nearly every
variety of taste , have been published of late years that some apology may seem
due to the public for adding yet another volume to the number already in
existence .
Page xvi
On the other hand several have been omitted or given with omissions , because
their tone is hardly suited to the more refined taste of the present day . Isaac D'
Israeli , in his Miscellanies , has some interesting remarks on vers d'occasion .
On the other hand several have been omitted or given with omissions , because
their tone is hardly suited to the more refined taste of the present day . Isaac D'
Israeli , in his Miscellanies , has some interesting remarks on vers d'occasion .
Page xvii
These productions are more the effusions of taste than genius , and it is not
sufficient that the poet is inspired by the Muse , he must also suffer his concise
page to be polished by the hand of the Graces . " A reviewer in The Times
newspaper ...
These productions are more the effusions of taste than genius , and it is not
sufficient that the poet is inspired by the Muse , he must also suffer his concise
page to be polished by the hand of the Graces . " A reviewer in The Times
newspaper ...
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... not ours ; Love makes those - young , whom age doth chill , And whom he finds
young , keeps young still . And now since you and I are such , Tell me what's
yours and what is mine ? Our eyes , our ears , our taste , smell , touch , Do , like
our ...
... not ours ; Love makes those - young , whom age doth chill , And whom he finds
young , keeps young still . And now since you and I are such , Tell me what's
yours and what is mine ? Our eyes , our ears , our taste , smell , touch , Do , like
our ...
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When change itself can give no more , ' Tis easy to be true . Sir Charles Sedley .
LXX . CARPE DIEM . It is not , Celia , in your power To say how long our love will
last ; It may be we , within this hour , May lose those joys we now do taste : The ...
When change itself can give no more , ' Tis easy to be true . Sir Charles Sedley .
LXX . CARPE DIEM . It is not , Celia , in your power To say how long our love will
last ; It may be we , within this hour , May lose those joys we now do taste : The ...
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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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