Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Specimens of Vers de Société and Vers D'occasion in the English Language by Deceased AuthorsFrederick Locker-Lampson |
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... John Gilpin , " for instance is too broadly and simply humorous ; Swift's " Lines on the Death of Marl- borough , " and Byron's " Windsor Poetics , " are too savage and truculent ; Cowper's " My Mary " is far too pathetic ; Herrick's ...
... John Gilpin , " for instance is too broadly and simply humorous ; Swift's " Lines on the Death of Marl- borough , " and Byron's " Windsor Poetics , " are too savage and truculent ; Cowper's " My Mary " is far too pathetic ; Herrick's ...
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... John Skelton . II . THE ONE HE WOULD Love . A FACE that should content me wondrous well Should not be fat , but lovely to behold ; Of lively look , all grief for to repel With right good grace , so would I that it should Speak without ...
... John Skelton . II . THE ONE HE WOULD Love . A FACE that should content me wondrous well Should not be fat , but lovely to behold ; Of lively look , all grief for to repel With right good grace , so would I that it should Speak without ...
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... '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 . 7 XI . WOMAN'S INCONSTANCY . I LOVED thee once , LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
... '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 . 7 XI . WOMAN'S INCONSTANCY . I LOVED thee once , LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
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... John Suckling . XXXVII . WHY SO pale and wan , fond lover ? Prithee why so pale ? Will , when looking well can't move her , Looking ill prevail ? Prithee why so pale ? Why so dull and mute , young sinner ? Prithee why so mute ? Will ...
... John Suckling . XXXVII . WHY SO pale and wan , fond lover ? Prithee why so pale ? Will , when looking well can't move her , Looking ill prevail ? Prithee why so pale ? Why so dull and mute , young sinner ? Prithee why so mute ? Will ...
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... John Suckling . XLIII . A RING PRESENTED TO JULIA , JULIA , I bring To thee this ring , Made for thy finger fit ; To shew by this , That our love is , Or should be , like to it . Close tho ' it be , The joint is free ; So when love's ...
... John Suckling . XLIII . A RING PRESENTED TO JULIA , JULIA , I bring To thee this ring , Made for thy finger fit ; To shew by this , That our love is , Or should be , like to it . Close tho ' it be , The joint is free ; So when love's ...
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Alexander Pope Araminta beauty bliss blush bright Burnham-beeches charms cheek Chloe Cupid dance dear delight Derry doth e'er Earl eyes fair fate fear flowers gaze give gone grace hand happy haste hath hear heart Heaven heigh-ho Henry Luttrell hour John Wolcot Jonathan Swift kind kiss kiss'd Lady Landor lass laugh lips live look Lord Love's lover maid Matthew Prior mind morning muse ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once pain play pleasant pleasure poet poor Praed pray Robert Herrick rose round shepherd sigh sing Sir John Suckling sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sure swain sweet taste tears tell there's thine thing Thomas Carew Thomas Hood Thomas Moore thou thought thro to-morrow true Twas Unknown vers de société verse vex'd Walter wife William William Cowper wish young youth