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Page 7
... 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 no
unworthy thought could stain ; But if it has been taught by thine To forfeit both Its
word and ...
... 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 no
unworthy thought could stain ; But if it has been taught by thine To forfeit both Its
word and ...
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 ...
Page 12
Drink to me only with thine eyes , And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but
in the cup And I'll not look for wine . The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask
a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup , I would not change for thine .
Drink to me only with thine eyes , And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but
in the cup And I'll not look for wine . The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask
a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup , I would not change for thine .
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Thy payment shall but double be ; Ó ihen with speed resign My own seducëd
heart to me , Accompanied with thine . Sir Davenant . XXXVII . Why so pale and
wan , fond lover ? Prithee why so pale ? Will , when looking well can't move her ...
Thy payment shall but double be ; Ó ihen with speed resign My own seducëd
heart to me , Accompanied with thine . Sir Davenant . XXXVII . Why so pale and
wan , fond lover ? Prithee why so pale ? Will , when looking well can't move her ...
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I PRÄYTHEE send me back my heart , Since I can not have thine ; For if from
yours you will not part , Why then shouldst thou have mine ? Yet now I think on't ,
let it lie ; To find it , were in vain : For thou'st a thief in either eye Would steal it
back ...
I PRÄYTHEE send me back my heart , Since I can not have thine ; For if from
yours you will not part , Why then shouldst thou have mine ? Yet now I think on't ,
let it lie ; To find it , were in vain : For thou'st a thief in either eye Would steal it
back ...
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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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