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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... 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 smutch'd it ? Have you felt the wool of the beaver ? Or swan's down ever ? Or have smell'd o ' the bud of ...
... 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 smutch'd it ? Have you felt the wool of the beaver ? Or swan's down ever ? Or have smell'd o ' the bud of ...
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... seen ; O things without compare ! Such sights again cannot be found In any place on English ground , Be it at wake or fair . At Charing Cross , hard by the way Where we ( thou knowst ) do sell our hay There is a house with stairs ; And ...
... seen ; O things without compare ! Such sights again cannot be found In any place on English ground , Be it at wake or fair . At Charing Cross , hard by the way Where we ( thou knowst ) do sell our hay There is a house with stairs ; And ...
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... for ever stray , And sows and reaps a thousand kisses there : In all her outward parts Love's always seen ; But oh ! he never went within . Abraham Cowley . LXII . TO CARNATIONS . STAY while ye will , Lyra Elegantiarum . 41 LX. ...
... for ever stray , And sows and reaps a thousand kisses there : In all her outward parts Love's always seen ; But oh ! he never went within . Abraham Cowley . LXII . TO CARNATIONS . STAY while ye will , Lyra Elegantiarum . 41 LX. ...
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... seen ; And these strong walls do only serve To keep rogues out , not keep me in . Malice is now grown charitable , sure : I'm not committed , but I'm kept secure . And whilst I wish to be retired , Into this private room I'm turn'd ; As ...
... seen ; And these strong walls do only serve To keep rogues out , not keep me in . Malice is now grown charitable , sure : I'm not committed , but I'm kept secure . And whilst I wish to be retired , Into this private room I'm turn'd ; As ...
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... seen them , She kist , and wiped their dove - like eyes : And gave the bag between them . Robert Herrick . XCI . CUPID MISTAKEN . As after noon , one summer's day , Venus stood bathing in a river ; Cupid a - shooting went that way , New ...
... seen them , She kist , and wiped their dove - like eyes : And gave the bag between them . Robert Herrick . XCI . CUPID MISTAKEN . As after noon , one summer's day , Venus stood bathing in a river ; Cupid a - shooting went that way , New ...
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