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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... prove the generous quality of the metal thus applied ; and it must be re- membered , to pursue the simile , that but for the dull grindstone , however finely tempered the metal might be , there would be no sparks at all : in other words ...
... prove the generous quality of the metal thus applied ; and it must be re- membered , to pursue the simile , that but for the dull grindstone , however finely tempered the metal might be , there would be no sparks at all : in other words ...
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... , For I'll know all thy falsities ; That I one day may laugh , when thou Shalt grieve and mourn- Of one the scorn , Who proves as false as thou art now . John Donne . XI . WOMAN'S INCONSTANCY . I LOVED thee once , Lyra Elegantiarum . 7.
... , For I'll know all thy falsities ; That I one day may laugh , when thou Shalt grieve and mourn- Of one the scorn , Who proves as false as thou art now . John Donne . XI . WOMAN'S INCONSTANCY . I LOVED thee once , Lyra Elegantiarum . 7.
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... prove Onely worth could kindle love . Such she is , and if you know Such a one as I have sung , Be she browne , or faire , or so , That she be but somewhile young , Be assured ' tis she or none That I love , and love alone . William ...
... prove Onely worth could kindle love . Such she is , and if you know Such a one as I have sung , Be she browne , or faire , or so , That she be but somewhile young , Be assured ' tis she or none That I love , and love alone . William ...
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... proves shall find it so ; And , shepherd , this is love I trow . Ascribed to Sir Walter Raleigh . XXIX . TO HIS MISTRESS OBJECTING TO HIS NEITHER TOYING NOR TALKING . You say I love not , ' cause I do not play Still with your curls ...
... proves shall find it so ; And , shepherd , this is love I trow . Ascribed to Sir Walter Raleigh . XXIX . TO HIS MISTRESS OBJECTING TO HIS NEITHER TOYING NOR TALKING . You say I love not , ' cause I do not play Still with your curls ...
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... prove , And pure as gold for ever . Robert Herrick . XLIV . I PR'YTHEE send me back my heart , Since I can not have thine ; For if from yours you will not part , Why then shouldst thou have mine ? Yet now I think on't , let it lie ; To ...
... prove , And pure as gold for ever . Robert Herrick . XLIV . I PR'YTHEE send me back my heart , Since I can not have thine ; For if from yours you will not part , Why then shouldst thou have mine ? Yet now I think on't , let it lie ; To ...
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