Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Specimens of Vers de Société and Vers D'occasion in the English Language : by Deceased Authors |
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... beauty , past compare , Made my poor eyes the bolder . Where beauty moves , and wit delights , And signs of kindness bind me , There , oh ! there , where'er I go , I leave my heart behind me . Unknown . XIV . As at noon Dulcina rested ...
... beauty , past compare , Made my poor eyes the bolder . Where beauty moves , and wit delights , And signs of kindness bind me , There , oh ! there , where'er I go , I leave my heart behind me . Unknown . XIV . As at noon Dulcina rested ...
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... beauty both are gone , And leaves fall from her , one by one . Such fate , ere long , will thee betide , When thou hast handled been awhile , Like sere flowers to be thrown aside ; And I will sigh , while some will smile , To see thy ...
... beauty both are gone , And leaves fall from her , one by one . Such fate , ere long , will thee betide , When thou hast handled been awhile , Like sere flowers to be thrown aside ; And I will sigh , while some will smile , To see thy ...
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... beauty ; And enamour'd , do wish , as they might But enjoy such a sight , That they still were to run by her side , Through swords , through seas , whither she would ride . Do but look on her eyes , they do light LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 13.
... beauty ; And enamour'd , do wish , as they might But enjoy such a sight , That they still were to run by her side , Through swords , through seas , whither she would ride . Do but look on her eyes , they do light LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 13.
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... beauty she doth miss When all her robes are on : But Beauty's self she is When all her robes are gone . Unknown . XXXV . CHERRY RIPE . THERE is a garden in her face Where roses and white lilies blow ; A heavenly paradise is that place ...
... beauty she doth miss When all her robes are on : But Beauty's self she is When all her robes are gone . Unknown . XXXV . CHERRY RIPE . THERE is a garden in her face Where roses and white lilies blow ; A heavenly paradise is that place ...
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... beauty nor your wit That can my heart obtain , For they could never conquer yet Either my breast or brain ; For if you'll not prove kind to me , And true as heretofore , Henceforth I'll scorn your slave to be , And doat on you no more ...
... beauty nor your wit That can my heart obtain , For they could never conquer yet Either my breast or brain ; For if you'll not prove kind to me , And true as heretofore , Henceforth I'll scorn your slave to be , And doat on you no more ...
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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