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Then she made the shepherd call All the heavens to witness , truth Never loved a
truer youth . Thus , with many a pretty oath , Yea , and nay , and faith and troth !
Such as silly shepherds use When they will not love abuse ; Love , which had ...
Then she made the shepherd call All the heavens to witness , truth Never loved a
truer youth . Thus , with many a pretty oath , Yea , and nay , and faith and troth !
Such as silly shepherds use When they will not love abuse ; Love , which had ...
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tis not hereafter ; Present mirth hath present laughter ; What's to come is still
unsure ; In delay there lies no plenty , - Then come kiss me , Sweet - and - twenty
, Youth's a stuff will not endure . William Shakspere . XVI . I DO confess thou'rt ...
tis not hereafter ; Present mirth hath present laughter ; What's to come is still
unsure ; In delay there lies no plenty , - Then come kiss me , Sweet - and - twenty
, Youth's a stuff will not endure . William Shakspere . XVI . I DO confess thou'rt ...
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The glorious lamp of heaven , the Sun , The higher he's a - getting , The sooner
will his race be run , And nearer he's to setting . That age is best , which is the first
, When youth and blood are warmer But being spent , the worse , and worst ...
The glorious lamp of heaven , the Sun , The higher he's a - getting , The sooner
will his race be run , And nearer he's to setting . That age is best , which is the first
, When youth and blood are warmer But being spent , the worse , and worst ...
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The youth was going To make an end of all his wooing ; The parson for him staid
: Yet by his leave , for all his haste , He did not so much wish all past , Perchance
as did the maid . The maid , and thereby hangs a tale , For such a maid no ...
The youth was going To make an end of all his wooing ; The parson for him staid
: Yet by his leave , for all his haste , He did not so much wish all past , Perchance
as did the maid . The maid , and thereby hangs a tale , For such a maid no ...
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Now hats fly off , and youth carouse ; Healths first go round , and then the house ,
The bride's come thick and thick ; And when ' twas named another's health ,
Perhaps he made it hers by stealth , And who could help it , Dick ? O'th ' sudden
up ...
Now hats fly off , and youth carouse ; Healths first go round , and then the house ,
The bride's come thick and thick ; And when ' twas named another's health ,
Perhaps he made it hers by stealth , And who could help it , Dick ? O'th ' sudden
up ...
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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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