The Heptalogia, Or, The Seven Against Sense: A Cap with Seven BellsChatto & Windus, 1880 - 102 pages |
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... kiss , a ring , This ? for two must part- Not to - day . III . Look , the whole sand crawls , Hums , a heaving hive , Scrapes and scrawls- Such a buzz and burst ! Here just one thing's not alive , One that was at first- But life palls ...
... kiss , a ring , This ? for two must part- Not to - day . III . Look , the whole sand crawls , Hums , a heaving hive , Scrapes and scrawls- Such a buzz and burst ! Here just one thing's not alive , One that was at first- But life palls ...
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... kiss ! XIV . " Then she breaks , she drops down , she lies flat at your feet- Take her then ! ' Well , I knew it - what fools are men ! Take the bee by her horns , will your honey prove sweet ? Sweet is grass - will you pasture your ...
... kiss ! XIV . " Then she breaks , she drops down , she lies flat at your feet- Take her then ! ' Well , I knew it - what fools are men ! Take the bee by her horns , will your honey prove sweet ? Sweet is grass - will you pasture your ...
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... kisses leave blisters ? Oh, and why should I ask myself questions ? I've heard such before — once or twice Ah, I can't understand it — but, O, I imagine it strikes me as nice. There's a deity shapes us our ends, sir, rough-hew them, my ...
... kisses leave blisters ? Oh, and why should I ask myself questions ? I've heard such before — once or twice Ah, I can't understand it — but, O, I imagine it strikes me as nice. There's a deity shapes us our ends, sir, rough-hew them, my ...
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... of the upas in Java . In the curve of her sensitive nose was a singular species of dimple , Where the flush was the mark of an angel's creased kiss -if it wasn't a pimple . Now I'm none of your bashful John Bulls who don't 70 LAST WORDS.
... of the upas in Java . In the curve of her sensitive nose was a singular species of dimple , Where the flush was the mark of an angel's creased kiss -if it wasn't a pimple . Now I'm none of your bashful John Bulls who don't 70 LAST WORDS.
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... kiss . The waiters , I saw , were quite struck ; and I felt , I may say , entre nous Like Don Juan , Lauzun , Almaviva , Lord Byron , and old Richelieu . ( You'll observe , Bill , that rhyme's quite Parisian OF A SEVENTH - RATE POET . 71.
... kiss . The waiters , I saw , were quite struck ; and I felt , I may say , entre nous Like Don Juan , Lauzun , Almaviva , Lord Byron , and old Richelieu . ( You'll observe , Bill , that rhyme's quite Parisian OF A SEVENTH - RATE POET . 71.
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