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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... Landor , were essentially men of action ; even Cowper was no recluse , but a man of the world , forced by mental infirmity into a state of modi- fied seclusion . Indeed , it may be affirmed of most of the authors quoted in this volume ...
... Landor , were essentially men of action ; even Cowper was no recluse , but a man of the world , forced by mental infirmity into a state of modi- fied seclusion . Indeed , it may be affirmed of most of the authors quoted in this volume ...
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... Landor's shell remote from the sea , he still ' remembers its august abodes . ' " Suckling and Herrick , Swift and Prior , Cowper , Landor , and Thomas Moore , and Praed , and Thack- eray , may be considered the representative men in ...
... Landor's shell remote from the sea , he still ' remembers its august abodes . ' " Suckling and Herrick , Swift and Prior , Cowper , Landor , and Thomas Moore , and Praed , and Thack- eray , may be considered the representative men in ...
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... Landor . CCXXX . My heart still hovering round about you I thought I could not live without you : But since we ve been three months asunder , How I lived with you is the wonder . CCXXXI . Unknown . ON THE DISTINGUISHED SINGER , MISS ...
... Landor . CCXXX . My heart still hovering round about you I thought I could not live without you : But since we ve been three months asunder , How I lived with you is the wonder . CCXXXI . Unknown . ON THE DISTINGUISHED SINGER , MISS ...
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... Landor . CCXLIV . ON A FLY DRINKING OUT OF HIS CUP . Busy , curious , thirsty fly ! Drink with me , and drink as I. Freely welcome to my cup , Couldst thou sip and sip it up : Make the most of life you may ; Life is short and wears away ...
... Landor . CCXLIV . ON A FLY DRINKING OUT OF HIS CUP . Busy , curious , thirsty fly ! Drink with me , and drink as I. Freely welcome to my cup , Couldst thou sip and sip it up : Make the most of life you may ; Life is short and wears away ...
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... Landor . CCLXXVII . I NE'ER could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me : I ne'er saw nectar on a lip , But where my own did hope to sip . Has the maid who seeks my heart Cheeks of rose untouch'd by art ? I will own their ...
... Landor . CCLXXVII . I NE'ER could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me : I ne'er saw nectar on a lip , But where my own did hope to sip . Has the maid who seeks my heart Cheeks of rose untouch'd by art ? I will own their ...
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