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Clear wells spring not , sweet birds sing not , Green plants bring not forth ; they
die ; Herds stand weeping , flocks all sleeping , Nymphs back peeping fearfully :
All our pleasure known to us poor swains , All our merry meetings on the plains ...
Clear wells spring not , sweet birds sing not , Green plants bring not forth ; they
die ; Herds stand weeping , flocks all sleeping , Nymphs back peeping fearfully :
All our pleasure known to us poor swains , All our merry meetings on the plains ...
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Farewell , sweet lass , thy like ne'er was For a sweet content , the cause of all my
moan : Poor Coridon must live alone ; Other help for him I see that there is none .
William Shakspere . VII . A RENUNCIATION . IF women could be fair , and yet ...
Farewell , sweet lass , thy like ne'er was For a sweet content , the cause of all my
moan : Poor Coridon must live alone ; Other help for him I see that there is none .
William Shakspere . VII . A RENUNCIATION . IF women could be fair , and yet ...
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The sun , whose beams most glorious are , Rejecteth no beholder ; And thy
sweet beauty , past compare , Made my poor eyes the bolder . Where beauty
moves , and wit delights , And signs of kindness bind me , There , oh ! there ,
where'er I ...
The sun , whose beams most glorious are , Rejecteth no beholder ; And thy
sweet beauty , past compare , Made my poor eyes the bolder . Where beauty
moves , and wit delights , And signs of kindness bind me , There , oh ! there ,
where'er I ...
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Methinks no wrong it were , if I should steal From those two melting rubies one
poor kiss ; None sees the theft that would the theft reveal , Nor rob I her of aught
that she can miss ; Nay , should I twenty kisses take away , There would be little ...
Methinks no wrong it were , if I should steal From those two melting rubies one
poor kiss ; None sees the theft that would the theft reveal , Nor rob I her of aught
that she can miss ; Nay , should I twenty kisses take away , There would be little ...
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XLI . THE HEAD - ACHE . 1 My head doth ache , 0 , Sappho ! take Thy fillet , And
bind the pain ! Or bring some bane To kill it . But less that part Than my poor heart
, Now is sick : One kiss from thee Will counsel be , And physic . Robert Herrick .
XLI . THE HEAD - ACHE . 1 My head doth ache , 0 , Sappho ! take Thy fillet , And
bind the pain ! Or bring some bane To kill it . But less that part Than my poor heart
, Now is sick : One kiss from thee Will counsel be , And physic . Robert Herrick .
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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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