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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... All our pleasure known to us poor swains , All our merry meetings on the plains , All our evening sport from us is fled , All our Love is lost , for Love is dead . Farewell , sweet lass , thy like ne'er was For 4 Lyra Elegantiarum .
... All our pleasure known to us poor swains , All our merry meetings on the plains , All our evening sport from us is fled , All our Love is lost , for Love is dead . Farewell , sweet lass , thy like ne'er was For 4 Lyra Elegantiarum .
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... ne'er was For a sweet content , the cause of all my moan : Poor Coridon must live alone ; Other help for him I see that there is none . William Shakspere . VII . A RENUNCIATION . IF women could be fair , and yet not fond , Or that their ...
... ne'er was For a sweet content , the cause of all my moan : Poor Coridon must live alone ; Other help for him I see that there is none . William Shakspere . VII . A RENUNCIATION . IF women could be fair , and yet not fond , Or that their ...
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... ne'er so witty ; A beggar that is dumb , you know , May challenge double 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 ...
... ne'er so witty ; A beggar that is dumb , you know , May challenge double 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 ...
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... ne'er the more despair ; If she loves me , this believe , I will die ere she shall grieve ; If she slight me when I woo , I can scorn and let her go ; For if she be not for me , What care I for whom she be ? George Wither . XXXIX . THE ...
... ne'er the more despair ; If she loves me , this believe , I will die ere she shall grieve ; If she slight me when I woo , I can scorn and let her go ; For if she be not for me , What care I for whom she be ? George Wither . XXXIX . THE ...
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... ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy ; And they , methinks , deserve my pity , Who for it can endure the stings , The crowd , and buz , and murmurings Of this great hive , the city . Ah ...
... ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy ; And they , methinks , deserve my pity , Who for it can endure the stings , The crowd , and buz , and murmurings Of this great hive , the city . Ah ...
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