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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... Court , where thou may'st be The queen of men - not flowers . Let country wenches make ' em fine With posies , since ' tis fitter For thee with richest gems to shine , And like the stars to glitter . ( A. ) You set too high a rate upon ...
... Court , where thou may'st be The queen of men - not flowers . Let country wenches make ' em fine With posies , since ' tis fitter For thee with richest gems to shine , And like the stars to glitter . ( A. ) You set too high a rate upon ...
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... court the thing I could not please : She that would cherish my desires , Must meet my flame with equal fires : What pleasure is there in a kiss To him that doubts the heart's not his ? I love thee not because thou'rt fair , Softer than ...
... court the thing I could not please : She that would cherish my desires , Must meet my flame with equal fires : What pleasure is there in a kiss To him that doubts the heart's not his ? I love thee not because thou'rt fair , Softer than ...
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... Court his chaste mate to acts of love , Or on that bank feel the west wind Breathe health and plenty ; please my ... courts , I would rejoice . Or , with my Bryan and a book , Loiter long days near Shawford brook ; There sit with him ...
... Court his chaste mate to acts of love , Or on that bank feel the west wind Breathe health and plenty ; please my ... courts , I would rejoice . Or , with my Bryan and a book , Loiter long days near Shawford brook ; There sit with him ...
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... Court I never fail To scatter round my arrows ; Men fall as thick as hail , And maidens love like sparrows . " Then , swain , if me you need , Straight lay your sheep - hook down ; Throw by your oaten reed , And haste away to town . So ...
... Court I never fail To scatter round my arrows ; Men fall as thick as hail , And maidens love like sparrows . " Then , swain , if me you need , Straight lay your sheep - hook down ; Throw by your oaten reed , And haste away to town . So ...
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... court others in verse - but I love thee in prose ; And they have my whimsies - but thou hast my heart . The God of us verse - men ( you know , child ) the Sun , How after his journeys he sets up his rest : If at morning o'er Earth ' tis ...
... court others in verse - but I love thee in prose ; And they have my whimsies - but thou hast my heart . The God of us verse - men ( you know , child ) the Sun , How after his journeys he sets up his rest : If at morning o'er Earth ' tis ...
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Alexander Pope beauty Ben Jonson bliss blush Bouillabaisse bright Burnham-beeches C. S. Calverley charms cheek Chloe cried Cupid dear delight Derry doth Earl eyes face fair fear flowers give gone grace grave hand happy hath hear heart Heaven heigh-ho John Wolcot kind kiss Lady laugh lips live look Lord Love's lover maid Matthew Prior mind morning muse ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once pain passion play pleasant pleasure poem poet Poetical poor Praed pray Robert Herrick rose round shepherd sigh sing sleep smile soft song soul sure swain sweet taste tears tell thee There's thine thing Thomas Thomas Carew Thomas Hood Thomas Moore thou thought thro tree true Twas Unknown verse Walter Savage Landor wife William William Cowper William Makepeace Thackeray wine wish young youth