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Corydon would kiss her then , She says , maids must kiss no men , Till they do for
good and all . 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 ...
Corydon would kiss her then , She says , maids must kiss no men , Till they do for
good and all . 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 ...
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The maid , and thereby hangs a tale , For such a maid no Whitsun - ale Could
ever yet produce : No grape that's kindly ripe , could be So round , so soft , so
plump as she Nor half so full of juice . Her finger was so small , the ring Would not
stay ...
The maid , and thereby hangs a tale , For such a maid no Whitsun - ale Could
ever yet produce : No grape that's kindly ripe , could be So round , so soft , so
plump as she Nor half so full of juice . Her finger was so small , the ring Would not
stay ...
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My humble love has learn'd to live On what the nicest maid , Without a conscious
blush , may give Beneath the myrtle shade . Sir Charles Sedley . LXVI . ' Tis not
your saying that you love Can ease me of my smart ; Your actions must your ...
My humble love has learn'd to live On what the nicest maid , Without a conscious
blush , may give Beneath the myrtle shade . Sir Charles Sedley . LXVI . ' Tis not
your saying that you love Can ease me of my smart ; Your actions must your ...
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... or your nut - brown maid ? ” Matthew Prior . XCIX . HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING .
Let it not your wonder move , Less your laughter , that I love . Tho ' I now write fifty
years , I have had , and have my peers ; Poets , tho ' divine , are men : Some ...
... or your nut - brown maid ? ” Matthew Prior . XCIX . HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING .
Let it not your wonder move , Less your laughter , that I love . Tho ' I now write fifty
years , I have had , and have my peers ; Poets , tho ' divine , are men : Some ...
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CV . MRS . FRANCES HARRIS ' PETITION . Written in the year 1701 . To their
Excellencies the Lord Justices of Ireland . The humble petition of Frances Harris ,
who mus ! starve , and die a maid , if it miscarries . Humbly sheweth , That I went
to ...
CV . MRS . FRANCES HARRIS ' PETITION . Written in the year 1701 . To their
Excellencies the Lord Justices of Ireland . The humble petition of Frances Harris ,
who mus ! starve , and die a maid , if it miscarries . Humbly sheweth , That I went
to ...
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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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