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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... happy in this kind of composition , where a conceit is built up on some pointed absurdity . Occasional Verse should seem to be entirely spon- taneous when the reader thinks to himself , “ I could have written that , and easily , too ...
... happy in this kind of composition , where a conceit is built up on some pointed absurdity . Occasional Verse should seem to be entirely spon- taneous when the reader thinks to himself , “ I could have written that , and easily , too ...
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... HAPPY AS A SHEPHERD . AH ! what is love ! It is a pretty thing , As sweet unto a shepherd as a king , And sweeter , too ; For kings have cares that wait upon a crown , And cares can make the sweetest loves to frown : Ah then , ah then ...
... HAPPY AS A SHEPHERD . AH ! what is love ! It is a pretty thing , As sweet unto a shepherd as a king , And sweeter , too ; For kings have cares that wait upon a crown , And cares can make the sweetest loves to frown : Ah then , ah then ...
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... . LXIV . THE VICTOR AND THE VANQUISHED . WHILE on those lovely looks I gaze , And see a wretch pursuing , In raptures of a bless'd amaze , His pleasing , happy ruin ; ' Tis not for pity that I move ; - 42 Lyra Elegantiarum.
... . LXIV . THE VICTOR AND THE VANQUISHED . WHILE on those lovely looks I gaze , And see a wretch pursuing , In raptures of a bless'd amaze , His pleasing , happy ruin ; ' Tis not for pity that I move ; - 42 Lyra Elegantiarum.
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... happy swains , whose hearts are free From Love's imperial chain , Take warning , and be taught by me , T ' avoid th ' enchanting pain . Fatal the wolves to trembling flocks- Fierce winds to blossoms prove- To careless seamen , hidden ...
... happy swains , whose hearts are free From Love's imperial chain , Take warning , and be taught by me , T ' avoid th ' enchanting pain . Fatal the wolves to trembling flocks- Fierce winds to blossoms prove- To careless seamen , hidden ...
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... HAPPY LIFE . MARTIAL , the things that do attain The happy life be these , I find—- The riches left , not got with pain ; The fruitful ground , the quiet mind , The equal friend ; no grudge , no strife ; No charge of rule , nor ...
... HAPPY LIFE . MARTIAL , the things that do attain The happy life be these , I find—- The riches left , not got with pain ; The fruitful ground , the quiet mind , The equal friend ; no grudge , no strife ; No charge of rule , nor ...
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