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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... FACE that should content me wondrous well Should not be fair , but lovely to behold ; Of lively look , all grief for to repel With right good grace , so would I that it should Speak without words , such words as none can tell ; Her ...
... FACE that should content me wondrous well Should not be fair , but lovely to behold ; Of lively look , all grief for to repel With right good grace , so would I that it should Speak without words , such words as none can tell ; Her ...
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... pity . Then wrong not , dearest to my heart , My true , tho ' secret passion ; He smarteth most that hides his smart , And sues for no compassion . Sir Walter Raleigh . XIII . SINCE first I saw your face I vowed Lyra Elegantiarum . 9.
... pity . Then wrong not , dearest to my heart , My true , tho ' secret passion ; He smarteth most that hides his smart , And sues for no compassion . Sir Walter Raleigh . XIII . SINCE first I saw your face I vowed Lyra Elegantiarum . 9.
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... face I vowed To honour and renown you ; If now I be disdain'd , I wish My heart I had never known you . What ? I that loved , and you that liked- Shall we begin to wrangle ? — No , no , no , my heart is fast , And cannot disentangle ...
... face I vowed To honour and renown you ; If now I be disdain'd , I wish My heart I had never known you . What ? I that loved , and you that liked- Shall we begin to wrangle ? — No , no , no , my heart is fast , And cannot disentangle ...
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... face , As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain , all the good of the elements ' strife . Have you seen but a bright lily grow , Before rude hands have touch'd it ? Have you mark'd but the fall o ' the snow Before the soil hath ...
... face , As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain , all the good of the elements ' strife . Have you seen but a bright lily grow , Before rude hands have touch'd it ? Have you mark'd but the fall o ' the snow Before the soil hath ...
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... face Where roses and white lilies blow ; A heavenly paradise is that place , Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow ; There cherries grow that none may buy , Till cherry - ripe themselves do cry . Those cherries fairly do enclose Of orient ...
... face Where roses and white lilies blow ; A heavenly paradise is that place , Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow ; There cherries grow that none may buy , Till cherry - ripe themselves do cry . Those cherries fairly do enclose Of orient ...
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