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... of uncertain limits , known conventionally as good society ' -- those latter - day
Athenians , who , in town or country , spend their time in telling or hearing some
new thing , and whose graver and deeper impulses are subordinated xviii
Preface .
... of uncertain limits , known conventionally as good society ' -- those latter - day
Athenians , who , in town or country , spend their time in telling or hearing some
new thing , and whose graver and deeper impulses are subordinated xviii
Preface .
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A FACE that should content me wondrous well Should not be fair , but lovely to
behold ; Of lively look , all grief for to repel With right good grace , so would I that
it should Speak without words , such words as none can tell ; Her tress also
should ...
A FACE that should content me wondrous well Should not be fair , but lovely to
behold ; Of lively look , all grief for to repel With right good grace , so would I that
it should Speak without words , such words as none can tell ; Her tress also
should ...
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SHALL I tell you whom I love ? Hearken then awhile to me , And if such a woman
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 ...
SHALL I tell you whom I love ? Hearken then awhile to me , And if such a woman
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 ...
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AMONGST the myrtles as I walk'd , Love and my sighs , thus intertalk'd : “ Tell me
, ” said I , in deep distress , “ Where may I find my shepherdess ? ” “ Thou fool , ”
said Love , “ know'st thou not this , In every thing that's good , she is ? In yonder ...
AMONGST the myrtles as I walk'd , Love and my sighs , thus intertalk'd : “ Tell me
, ” said I , in deep distress , “ Where may I find my shepherdess ? ” “ Thou fool , ”
said Love , “ know'st thou not this , In every thing that's good , she is ? In yonder ...
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... of love are wash'd with tears ; Ask me why this flower doth show So yellow ,
green , and sickly too ; Ask me why the stalk is weak , And bending , yet it doth
not break ; I must tell you , these discover What doubts and fears are in a lover .
... of love are wash'd with tears ; Ask me why this flower doth show So yellow ,
green , and sickly too ; Ask me why the stalk is weak , And bending , yet it doth
not break ; I must tell you , these discover What doubts and fears are in a lover .
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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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