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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... winds or seas , Sometimes cunning , sometimes coy , Yet she never fails to please ; If with a frown I am cast down , Phillis smiling , And beguiling , Makes me happier than before . Though , alas ! too late I find Nothing can ΤΟ Lyra ...
... winds or seas , Sometimes cunning , sometimes coy , Yet she never fails to please ; If with a frown I am cast down , Phillis smiling , And beguiling , Makes me happier than before . Though , alas ! too late I find Nothing can ΤΟ Lyra ...
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... favours are but like the wind , That kisses everything it meets : And since thou canst with more than one , Thou'rt worthy to be kiss'd by none . The morning rose , that untouch'd stands , Arm'd with Lyra Elegantiarum . II XV. ...
... favours are but like the wind , That kisses everything it meets : And since thou canst with more than one , Thou'rt worthy to be kiss'd by none . The morning rose , that untouch'd stands , Arm'd with Lyra Elegantiarum . II XV. ...
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... were to be Away from thee ; Or that when I am gone You or I were alone ; Then , my Lucasta , might I crave Pity from blustering wind , or swallowing wave . Though seas and land betwixt us both , Our faith Lyra Elegantiarum . 37 LII. ...
... were to be Away from thee ; Or that when I am gone You or I were alone ; Then , my Lucasta , might I crave Pity from blustering wind , or swallowing wave . Though seas and land betwixt us both , Our faith Lyra Elegantiarum . 37 LII. ...
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... taught by me , T ' avoid th ' enchanting pain . Fatal the wolves to trembling flocks- Fierce winds to blossoms prove- To careless seamen , hidden rocks- To human quiet , love . Then fly the Fair , if bliss you prize ; 44 Lyra Elegantiarum .
... taught by me , T ' avoid th ' enchanting pain . Fatal the wolves to trembling flocks- Fierce winds to blossoms prove- To careless seamen , hidden rocks- To human quiet , love . Then fly the Fair , if bliss you prize ; 44 Lyra Elegantiarum .
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... wind , To wave the azure main , Our paper , pen , and ink , and we Roll up and down our ships at sea . Then , if we write not by each post , Think not we are unkind ; Nor yet conclude our ships are lost By Dutchmen or by wind ; Our ...
... wind , To wave the azure main , Our paper , pen , and ink , and we Roll up and down our ships at sea . Then , if we write not by each post , Think not we are unkind ; Nor yet conclude our ships are lost By Dutchmen or by wind ; Our ...
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