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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... turn upon subjects of gallantry , satire , tenderness , politeness , and everything , in short , that concerns life , and the affairs of the world . " PLINY TO Tuscus . DEDICATION . TO THE VERY REVEREND HENRY HART MILMAN ,
... turn upon subjects of gallantry , satire , tenderness , politeness , and everything , in short , that concerns life , and the affairs of the world . " PLINY TO Tuscus . DEDICATION . TO THE VERY REVEREND HENRY HART MILMAN ,
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... turn'd cruell , Yet three fill'd Zodiackes had he beene The stage's jewell ; And did act ( what now we mone ) Old men so duely , As sooth , the Parca thought him one , He plai'd so truely . So , by error , to his fate They all consented ...
... turn'd cruell , Yet three fill'd Zodiackes had he beene The stage's jewell ; And did act ( what now we mone ) Old men so duely , As sooth , the Parca thought him one , He plai'd so truely . So , by error , to his fate They all consented ...
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... turn to ill , So thou and I shall sever : Keep , therefore , a true woman's eye , And love me still , but know not why- So hast thou the same reason still To doat upon me ever ! Unknown . LIV . TO LUCASTA , ON GOING BEYOND THE SEAS . A ...
... turn to ill , So thou and I shall sever : Keep , therefore , a true woman's eye , And love me still , but know not why- So hast thou the same reason still To doat upon me ever ! Unknown . LIV . TO LUCASTA , ON GOING BEYOND THE SEAS . A ...
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... . If you'll prove loving , I'll prove kind , - If constant , I'll be true ; If Fortune chance to change your mind , I'll turn as soon as you . Since our affections , well ye know , In equal Lyra Elegantiarum . 39 LVI. ...
... . If you'll prove loving , I'll prove kind , - If constant , I'll be true ; If Fortune chance to change your mind , I'll turn as soon as you . Since our affections , well ye know , In equal Lyra Elegantiarum . 39 LVI. ...
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... turn into respect . Celia , at worst , you'll in the end But change a lover for a friend . LXXI . Sir George Etherege . OF ENGLISH VERSE . POETS may boast , as safely vain , Their works shall with the world remain ; Both bound together ...
... turn into respect . Celia , at worst , you'll in the end But change a lover for a friend . LXXI . Sir George Etherege . OF ENGLISH VERSE . POETS may boast , as safely vain , Their works shall with the world remain ; Both bound together ...
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