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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... face- tious ; it may even , considering it merely as a work of art , be pagan in its philosophy , or trifling in its tone , but it must never be ponderous or common- place . Having thus fixed upon a definition , the Editor proceeded to ...
... face- tious ; it may even , considering it merely as a work of art , be pagan in its philosophy , or trifling in its tone , but it must never be ponderous or common- place . Having thus fixed upon a definition , the Editor proceeded to ...
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... 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 words , such words as none can tell ; Her tress ...
... 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 words , such words as none can tell ; Her tress ...
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... lay my head , — I dream of thee . In short , one only wish I have , To live for thee ; Or gladly if one pang ' twould save , I'd die for thee . Unknown . XIII . SINCE first I saw your face I resolved LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 9.
... lay my head , — I dream of thee . In short , one only wish I have , To live for thee ; Or gladly if one pang ' twould save , I'd die for thee . Unknown . XIII . SINCE first I saw your face I resolved LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 9.
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... face I resolved To honor and renown you ; If now I be disdain'd , I wish My heart had never known you . What ? I that loved , and you that liked- Shall we begin to wrangle ? — No , no , no , my heart is fast , And cannot disentangle ...
... face I resolved To honor and renown you ; If now I be disdain'd , I wish My heart had never known you . What ? I that loved , and you that liked- Shall we begin to wrangle ? — No , no , no , my heart is fast , And cannot disentangle ...
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... face , As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain , all the good of the elements ' strife . Have you seen but a bright lily grow , Before rude hands have touch'd it ? Have you mark'd but the fall o ' the sno Before the soil hath ...
... face , As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain , all the good of the elements ' strife . Have you seen but a bright lily grow , Before rude hands have touch'd it ? Have you mark'd but the fall o ' the sno Before the soil hath ...
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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