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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... bright As Love's star when it riseth ! Do but mark , her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her ! And from her arch'd brows , such a grace Sheds itself through her face , As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain , all ...
... bright As Love's star when it riseth ! Do but mark , her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her ! And from her arch'd brows , such a grace Sheds itself through her face , As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain , all ...
Page 64
... tis true , we see more men ; But much fewer lovers . O , how changed the prospect grows ! Flock and herds to fops and beaux , Coxcombs without number ! Moon and stars that shone so bright , To the 64 Lyra Elegantiarum .
... tis true , we see more men ; But much fewer lovers . O , how changed the prospect grows ! Flock and herds to fops and beaux , Coxcombs without number ! Moon and stars that shone so bright , To the 64 Lyra Elegantiarum .
Page 65
... bright , To the torch and waxen light , And whole nights at ombre . Pleasant as it is to hear Scandal tickling in our ear , E'en of our own mothers ; In the chit - chat of the day , To us is paid , when we're away , What we lent to ...
... bright , To the torch and waxen light , And whole nights at ombre . Pleasant as it is to hear Scandal tickling in our ear , E'en of our own mothers ; In the chit - chat of the day , To us is paid , when we're away , What we lent to ...
Page 69
... bright and gay , Both fade at evening , pale , and gone . " At morn poor Stella danced and sung ; The amorous youth around her bow'd ; At night her fatal knell was rung ; I saw , and kissed her in her shroud . " Such as she is , who ...
... bright and gay , Both fade at evening , pale , and gone . " At morn poor Stella danced and sung ; The amorous youth around her bow'd ; At night her fatal knell was rung ; I saw , and kissed her in her shroud . " Such as she is , who ...
Page 75
... bright as an angel new dropt.from the sky ; At distance I gaze , and am awed by my fears , So strangely you dazzle my eye ! But when , without art , Your kind thought you impart , When your love runs in blushes through every vein , When ...
... bright as an angel new dropt.from the sky ; At distance I gaze , and am awed by my fears , So strangely you dazzle my eye ! But when , without art , Your kind thought you impart , When your love runs in blushes through every vein , When ...
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