Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased English AuthorsFrederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan |
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... thou Shalt grieve and mourn- Of one the scorn , Who proves as false as thou art now . John Donne . XI . WOMAN'S INCONSTANCY . I LOVED thee once , Lyra Elegantiarum . 7.
... thou Shalt grieve and mourn- Of one the scorn , Who proves as false as thou art now . John Donne . XI . WOMAN'S INCONSTANCY . I LOVED thee once , Lyra Elegantiarum . 7.
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... thou hadst still continued mine ; Yea , if thou hadst remain'd thy own , I might perchance have yet been thine . But thou thy freedom didst recall , That if thou might elsewhere inthrall : And then how could I but disdain A captive's ...
... thou hadst still continued mine ; Yea , if thou hadst remain'd thy own , I might perchance have yet been thine . But thou thy freedom didst recall , That if thou might elsewhere inthrall : And then how could I but disdain A captive's ...
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... 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 none . I do confess thou'rt ...
... 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 none . I do confess thou'rt ...
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... 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 . XVII . Sir Robert Ayton . A STOLEN KISS . Now ...
... 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 . XVII . Sir Robert Ayton . A STOLEN KISS . Now ...
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... thou thereon didst only breathe And sent'st it back to me ; Since when it grows , and smells , I swear , Not of itself , but thee ! Ben Jonson . XIX . A MADRIGAL . AMARYLLIS I did woo , And I courted Phillis too ; Daphne for her love I ...
... thou thereon didst only breathe And sent'st it back to me ; Since when it grows , and smells , I swear , Not of itself , but thee ! Ben Jonson . XIX . A MADRIGAL . AMARYLLIS I did woo , And I courted Phillis too ; Daphne for her love I ...
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