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... will think they pictures be ( Image - like of saint perfection ) Poorly
counterfeiting thee . 19 “ Peace ! I think that some give ear Lyra Elegantiarum .
... will think they pictures be ( Image - like of saint perfection ) Poorly
counterfeiting thee . 19 “ Peace ! I think that some give ear Lyra Elegantiarum .
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SEND back my long - stray'd eyes to me , Which , O ! too long have dwelt on thee
: But if from you they've learnt such ill , To sweetly smile , And then beguile , Keep
the deceivers , keep them still . Send home my harmless heart again , Which ...
SEND back my long - stray'd eyes to me , Which , O ! too long have dwelt on thee
: But if from you they've learnt such ill , To sweetly smile , And then beguile , Keep
the deceivers , keep them still . Send home my harmless heart again , Which ...
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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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William Shakspere . XVI . I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair , And I might have
gone near to love thee ; Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak
had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alone , As worthy to be loved by ...
William Shakspere . XVI . I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair , And I might have
gone near to love thee ; Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak
had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alone , As worthy to be loved by ...
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Such fate , ere long , will thee betide , When thou has handled been awhile , Like
sere flowers to be thrown aside ; And I will sigh , while some will smile , To see
thy love for more than one Hath brought thee to be loved by none . Sir Robert ...
Such fate , ere long , will thee betide , When thou has handled been awhile , Like
sere flowers to be thrown aside ; And I will sigh , while some will smile , To see
thy love for more than one Hath brought thee to be loved by none . Sir Robert ...
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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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