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Sweet friend , are you wiser or colder ? Alas ! if he look like another , My own
Araminta , say " No ! " . A vicar , a banker , a beau , You know , when Lord
Rigmarole ' s carBe deaf to your father and mother , riage My own Araminta , say
" No !
Sweet friend , are you wiser or colder ? Alas ! if he look like another , My own
Araminta , say " No ! " . A vicar , a banker , a beau , You know , when Lord
Rigmarole ' s carBe deaf to your father and mother , riage My own Araminta , say
" No !
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The tricksy sprite would erst assist At hush ' d Verona ' s moonlight tryst ;Sweet
Capulet , thou wert not kiss ' d By light winds only . “ THE BUD IS NOW A
BLOOMING Rose . " I miss the simple days of yore , When two long braids of hair
you ...
The tricksy sprite would erst assist At hush ' d Verona ' s moonlight tryst ;Sweet
Capulet , thou wert not kiss ' d By light winds only . “ THE BUD IS NOW A
BLOOMING Rose . " I miss the simple days of yore , When two long braids of hair
you ...
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We have loiter ' d and laugh ' d in the flow - ery croft , We have met under wintry
skies ; Her voice is the dearest voice , and soft Is the light in her gentle eyes ; It is
sweet in the silent woods , among Gay crowds , or in any place To hear her voice
...
We have loiter ' d and laugh ' d in the flow - ery croft , We have met under wintry
skies ; Her voice is the dearest voice , and soft Is the light in her gentle eyes ; It is
sweet in the silent woods , among Gay crowds , or in any place To hear her voice
...
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21 And the green was golden above her And the odorous limes were dim above
head , As we leant on a drooping bough ; And a sunbeam kiss ' d her mouth ; And
the darkling air was a breath of love , Sweet were the lips where that sunbeam ...
21 And the green was golden above her And the odorous limes were dim above
head , As we leant on a drooping bough ; And a sunbeam kiss ' d her mouth ; And
the darkling air was a breath of love , Sweet were the lips where that sunbeam ...
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I saw her at the County Ball : There , when the sounds of flute and fiddle Gave
signal sweet in that old hall Of hands across and down the middle , Hers was the
subtlest spell by far Of all that set young hearts romancing ; She was our queen ...
I saw her at the County Ball : There , when the sounds of flute and fiddle Gave
signal sweet in that old hall Of hands across and down the middle , Hers was the
subtlest spell by far Of all that set young hearts romancing ; She was our queen ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems |
| Authors | Austin Dobson, Frederick Locker-Lampson, Winthrop Mackworth Praed |
| Illustrated by | Maud Humphrey |
| Publisher | Frederick A. Stokes, 1892 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 71 pages |
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