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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... less worthy of preservation . It seems only reasonable , then , that those who delight in this lighter verse should be enabled to enjoy their favourite pieces in a single volume . In commencing his task the Editor's first endeavour was ...
... less worthy of preservation . It seems only reasonable , then , that those who delight in this lighter verse should be enabled to enjoy their favourite pieces in a single volume . In commencing his task the Editor's first endeavour was ...
Page xiii
... less commonly met with than is sometimes imagined . This frequent liability to failure will excite less surprise if it be borne in mind that the possession of the true poetic faculty is not of itself sufficient to guarantee capacity for ...
... less commonly met with than is sometimes imagined . This frequent liability to failure will excite less surprise if it be borne in mind that the possession of the true poetic faculty is not of itself sufficient to guarantee capacity for ...
Page xvi
... less beautiful , but almost as charming Reply has been admitted , because it is depressed to the requisite level by the tone of worldly sentiment which runs through it . Something of the same kind may be said of Waller's Lines to a Rose ...
... less beautiful , but almost as charming Reply has been admitted , because it is depressed to the requisite level by the tone of worldly sentiment which runs through it . Something of the same kind may be said of Waller's Lines to a Rose ...
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... less that part Than my poor heart , Now is sick : One kiss from thee Will counsel be , And physic . Robert Herrick . • XLII . THE SIEGE . TIS now , since I sat down before That foolish fort , a heart , ( Time strangely spent ! ) a year ...
... less that part Than my poor heart , Now is sick : One kiss from thee Will counsel be , And physic . Robert Herrick . • XLII . THE SIEGE . TIS now , since I sat down before That foolish fort , a heart , ( Time strangely spent ! ) a year ...
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... less amorous boy ; Like Daphne she , as lovely , and as coy ! With numbers he the flying nymph pursues ; With numbers , such as Phoebus ' self might use ! Such is the chase , when Love and Fancy leads , O'er craggy mountains , and thro ...
... less amorous boy ; Like Daphne she , as lovely , and as coy ! With numbers he the flying nymph pursues ; With numbers , such as Phoebus ' self might use ! Such is the chase , when Love and Fancy leads , O'er craggy mountains , and thro ...
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